The Seventh Seal
The story of a challenge to death
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.
- Year: 1957
- Country: Sweden
- Genre: Fantasy, Drama
- Studio: SF Studios
- Keyword: witch, dying and death, blacksmith, chess, countryside, allegory, crusade, artist, juggler, witch burning, last judgment, symbolism, sense of life, grim reaper, black and white, demon, middle ages (476-1453), black death, playing chess, criterion, death personified, death incarnate, 14th century
- Director: Ingmar Bergman
- Cast: Max von Sydow, Bengt Ekerot, Gunnar Björnstrand, Nils Poppe, Bibi Andersson, Inga Landgré
