Criterion/Voyager (1957)
Drama | Fantasy | Foreign
Sweden | Swedish | Black & White | 01:36
Ingmar Bergmann’s masterpiece film about confronting death. Death comes to a knight upon his arrival from battle and attempts to take him away. The knight challenges Death to a chess match as the people around them are haunted by the plague. The Seventh Seal comes from a riddle about crusaders who arrive home after a few years to find their people affected by the plague.
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Gunnar Bjornstrand | Squire Jöns |
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Bengt Ekerot | Death |
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Nils Poppe | Jof |
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Max von Sydow | Antonius Block |
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Bibi Andersson | Mia |
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Inga Gill | Lisa - Blacksmith's Wife |
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Maud Hansson | Witch |
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Inga Landgré | Karin - Block's Wife |
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Gunnel Lindblom | Girl |
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Bertil Anderberg | Raval |
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Anders Ek | The Monk |
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Ake Fridell | Blacksmith Plog |
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Gunnar Olsson | Albertus Pictor / Church Painter |
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Erik Strandmark | Jonas Skat |
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Siv Aleros | Flagellant |
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Sten Ardenstam | Knight |
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Harry Asklund | The Landlord |
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Benkt-Åke Benktsson | Merchant at the Inn |
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Catherine Berg | Young Woman Kneeling for the Flagellants |
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Lena Bergman | Young Woman Kneeling for the Flagellants |
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Tor Borong | Farmer at the Inn |
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Gudrun Brost | Woman at Inn |
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Bengt Gillberg | Flagellant |
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Lars Granberg | Flagellant |
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Gunlög Hagberg | Flagellant |
| Director | Ingmar Bergman |
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| Writer | Ingmar Bergman | |
| Producer | Allan Ekelund | |
| Musician | Erik Nordgren | |
| Photography | Gunnar Fischer | |
| Edition | Criterion Collection |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Index | 166 |
| Added Date | Mar 10, 2012 13:58:32 |
| Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:33:38 |
Second Audio Channel features an audio essay by Peter Cowie