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The Seventh Seal

NR
Movie
1957
1h 36m
Swedish
Fantasy, Drama
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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Max von Sydow
Antonius Block
Gunnar Olsson
Albertus Pictor
Erik Strandmark
Jonas Skat
Lars Lind
Young Monk (uncredited)
Benktke Benktsson
Merchant at Inn (uncredited)
Tor Borong
Farmer at Inn (uncredited)
Gudrun Brost
Woman at Inn (uncredited)
Harry Asklund
Landlord (uncredited)
Ulf Johansson
Knight Commander (uncredited)
Sten Ardenstam
Knight (uncredited)
Gordon Lwenadler
Knight (uncredited)
Karl Widh
Man with Crutches (uncredited)
Tommy Karlsson
Mikael (uncredited)
Siv Aleros
Flagellant (uncredited)
Directed By: Ingmar Bergman
Written By: Ingmar Bergman (Screenplay)

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nmahoney416 says...
5 years ago
Max von Sydow is great and so is Bengt Ekerot as Death. I thought the plot was really unique and interesting. This deals with a lot of heavy themes.
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simonynwa says...
10 years ago
Beautifully shot, especially the more dark and brooding scenes, the film explores some interesting themes on the inevitability of death, the existence of God, the meaning of life, or lack thereof, and religious extremism. All quite sombre themes, but thankfully the film does attempt to balance these themes, notably with the warmer scenes involving the family of actors that Von Sydow eventually meets up with. The scenes with Death have been much parodied, but they are still quite striking. The film itself also has wit and humour in the more lighter moments, but the darker scenes do tend to dominate the film and have the most impact, especially those moments showing religious extremism explicitly. It is however difficult to connect with the story at first with the characters initially separated. but Von Sydow and the family of actors hold the attention throughout and it is still an interesting film.
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JoeyvanAwesome says...
a month ago
Can we stop pretending that these kind of movies are masterpieces? It’s not terrible, but not entertaining enough to be even considered that. If you want to study and analyze this film… Great, go ahead, but don’t tell me this is fun. You’re lying through your teeth. The only thing I’m left with is that I’m convinced that people give stuff like this a high rating because they want to appear intelligent.
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OldMumpsimus says...
4 years ago
Torn between death and the hope for afterlife, humanity fails to live.
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Featured User Reviews

saundrew
10/10  8 years ago
I'm not crazy about conceptual/abstract art in general. My problem with that is that it always feels like what you'd be doing for yourself, not the audience, so you can make sure the story is told in a new and interesting way. But every once in a while something like that really works, and h More
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Whitsbrain
4/10  2 years ago
There's really no sense in pretending that I liked this film in order to try and impress others. I know, "The Seventh Seal" is praised as a masterwork and I'm not about to try to argue that it's not. If it truly is, I'll just admit that its brilliance escapes me.

The imagery at times is striking More
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Filipe Manuel Neto
5 months ago
**The universality and invincibility of Death, the fear of dying, the importance of faith and its use by the Church in a timeless film, but not suitable for everyone.**

The film, set in the late Middle Ages, begins with a knight returning to his homeland in Sweden after participating in the crusa More
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