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The Seventh Seal, 1957

Starring: Gunnar Bjornstrand, Max Von Sydow

Directed by: Ingmar Bergman

Written by: Ingmar Bergman

Language: Swedish, Latin

Country: Sweden

Runtime: 96 min

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Rating:8.4

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The mood of The Seventh Seal is bleak, tense, and contemplative. The plot centers around a plague, dealing with death, and religions or cults. It is a drama, foreign, and period movie. Stylistically, The Seventh Seal is surreal and has a road movie structure. In approach, it is serious. The pacing is slow. The Seventh Seal is set in Sweden. It happens in the middle ages. Visually, it is black and white. The Seventh Seal is adapted from a play. The movie is known for being a Cannes festival winner, a classic, and essential viewing.

Summary of The Seventh Seal

Antonius Block (Max Von Sydow), a knight, returns from a 10-year crusade with his squire, Jöns (Gunnar Björnstrand), to find his homeland ravaged by the plague. When the black-cloaked figure of Death (Bengt Ekerot) appears to claim them, Block, whose war experiences have left him cynical about the existence of God and the afterlife, challenges Death to a game of chess to stall for time and gain some insight into the meaning of life before passing on. The game is intermittently paused and resumed during the journey home while Block and Jöns meet several traveling companions, including a mute girl (Gunnel Lindblom) whom they save from a bandit, and a family of poor traveling players--Jof, a gentle visionary (Nils Poppe); his wife, Mia (Bibi Andersson); and their infant daughter. Block witnesses much suffering and anguish along the way (an encounter with a woman accused of witchcraft who is about to be burned at the stake is especially jarring) but also finds evidence of human kindness and love, prompting him to realize that even a single gesture of goodwill might make the long struggle of his existence worthwhile. The title of Ingmar Bergman's highly acclaimed allegorical film stems from the Book of Revelation.

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Language:	Swedish, Latin
Country:	Sweden
Release date:	13 October 1958
Runtime:	96 min
Awards:	Cannes

Awards

Awarded Jury Prize at the 1957 Cannes

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Gunnar Bjornstrand

as Jöns, squire

Max Von Sydow

as Antonius Block

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This is the first Bergman film I have seen and I definitely plan to see more. The film is filled with sorrow and foreboding but also life and real humor. The characterization of death being unavoidable and unknowing was masterful. I could go on but... Read and rate it

16.October.2009
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by: Rtaylor32
Rtaylor32 rated this movie0/10

This was my first Ingmar Bergman film and I do believe it will be my last. With most overrated films (e.g. Citizen Kane, Aguirre, Taxi Driver), I can usually find something about them that I appreciate: the music, the cinematography, the acting, but... Read and rate it

22.March.2009
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by: coolerking
coolerking rated this movie2/10Bad

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