The Seventh Seal (1957)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
“The story of a challenge to death.”
Fantasy, Drama · 1h 36m
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.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Screenplay
- Ingmar Bergman
- Director of Photography
- Gunnar Fischer
- Original Music Composer
- Erik Nordgren
- Editor
- Lennart Wallén
- Producer
- Allan Ekelund
Details
- Original title
- Det sjunde inseglet
- Release date
- 1957-02-16
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Drama
- Original language
- SV
- Spoken languages
- Swedish
- Countries
- Sweden
- Production
- SF Studios
- Budget
- $150,000
- Box office
- $311,212
Gunnar Björnstrand
Bengt Ekerot
Nils Poppe
Max von Sydow
Bibi Andersson
Inga Gill
Maud Hansson
Inga Landgré
Gunnel Lindblom
Anders Ek
Åke Fridell