Ingmar Bergman's classic 1957 fantasy flick about a Swedish knight who challenges Death.
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home...
Ingmar Bergman's classic 1957 fantasy flick about a Swedish knight who challenges Death.
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
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93 %73 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
93 %49,650 reviewsAudience score rating
"Full of haunting, iconic images and a touch of hopeful humanity..."
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BBC
BBC"Ingmar Bergman's black and white masterpiece The Seventh Seal has matured like a great wine over 50 years."
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The Times
The Times"Ingmar Bergman's dark masterpiece effortlessly sees off the revisionists and the satirists; it is a radical work of art that reaches back to scripture, to Cervantes and to Shakespeare to create a new dramatic idiom of its own."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Film has superior technical narrative, impressive lensing and thesping."
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Variety
Variety"Swedish cinema titan Ingmar Bergman's mopey/earthy 1957 breakthrough The Seventh Seal may have done more than any other film to popularize and demonize the notion of world cinema as the boutique of the cultural intelligentsia."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"Bergman's visually striking medieval morality play [was] the work that gained him an international reputation."
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Village Voice
Village VoiceThe Seventh Seal | Details
- Rating
- NR,
- Runtime
- 96
- Genre
- Fantasy
- Country of origin
- Sweden
