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 Blu-ray |
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| Packaging | HD Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Audio Tracks | PCM Mono [Swedish] SUB [English] |
| Subtitles | English |
| Distributor | Criterion |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Jun 16, 2009 |
| Regions | Region A |
| Watched | |
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| Index | 1883 |
| Added Date | Dec 26, 2016 01:12:54 |
| Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:34:25 |
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Disc Features
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
Digital transfer (box set edition); new, restored high-definition digital transfer (two-DVD and Blu-ray editions), with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Introduction by Ingmar Bergman, recorded in 2003 (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
Audio commentary by Bergman expert Peter Cowie, with a new afterword on the two-DVD and Blu-ray editions
Bergman Island (2006), an 83-minute documentary on Bergman by Marie Nyreröd, featuring in-depth and revealing interviews with the director (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
Archival audio interview with Max von Sydow (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
A 1989 tribute to Bergman by filmmaker Woody Allen (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
Theatrical trailer
Bergman 101, a selected video filmography tracing Bergman’s career, narrated by Cowie (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
An annotated, illustrated Bergman filmography, featuring excerpts from Wild Strawberries and The Magician with commentary (box set only)
Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A new essay by Cowie (box set edition); a booklet featuring a new essay by critic Gary Giddins (two-DVD and Blu-ray editions)
New cover by Neil Kellerhouse (two-DVD and Blu-ray editions); new cover by Gordon Reynolds (box set edition)