The Seventh Seal (Swedish: Det sjunde inseglet) is a 1957 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set during the Black Death, it tells of the journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) and a game of chess he plays with the personification of Death (Bengt Ekerot), who has come to take his life. Bergman developed the film from his own play Wood Painting. The title refers to a passage from the Book of Revelation, used both at the very...
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Initial release date:
- Feb 16, 1957
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Runtime:
- 1 h 36 min
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Also known as:
- Det sjunde inseglet,
- Das siebente Siegel,
- The Seventh Seal,
- Chess: The Movie
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