The seventh seal / a Janus Films presentation ; Svensk Filmindustri presents ; a film by Ingmar Bergman ; directed by Ingmar Bergman ; screenplay by Ingmar Bergman.
Material type:
FilmLanguage: Swedish Original language: Swedish Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 11.Publisher: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2009]Edition: Blu-ray special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 9781604651423
- 1604651423
- Sjunde inseglet
- Sjunde inseglet (Motion picture)
- Photography, Gunnar Fischer ; editor, Lennart Wallén ; music, Erik Nordgren.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Endlessly imitated and parodied, Ingmar Bergman's landmark art movie The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) retains its ability to hold an audience spellbound. Bergman regular Max von Sydow stars as a 14th century knight named Antonius Block, wearily heading home after ten years' worth of combat. Disillusioned by unending war, plague, and misery Block has concluded that God does not exist. As he trudges across the wilderness, Block is visited by Death (Bengt Ekerot), garbed in the traditional black robe. Unwilling to give up the ghost, Block challenges Death to a game of chess. If he wins, he lives -- if not, he'll allow Death to claim him. As they play, the knight and the Grim Reaper get into a spirited discussion over whether or not God exists. To recount all that happens next would diminish the impact of the film itself; we can observe that The Seventh Seal ends with one of the most indelible of all of Bergman's cinematic images: the near-silhouette "Dance of Death." Considered by some as the apotheosis of all Ingmar Bergman films (other likely candidates for that honor include Wild Strawberries and Persona), and certainly one of the most influential European art movies, The Seventh Seal won a multitude of awards, including the Special Jury Prize at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Blu-ray; region 1; full screen (1.33:1 aspect); Dolby Digital mono; new, restored High-Definition digital transfer; requires Blu-ray player.
Swedish dialogue; English subtitles.
Swedish or dubbed English dialogue; with optional English subtitles.
Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Max Von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Inga Gill, Maud Hansson, Inga Landgré, Gunnel Lindblom, Bertil Anderberg, Anders Ek, Åke Fridell, Gunnar Olsson, Erik Standmark.
Photography, Gunnar Fischer ; editor, Lennart Wallén ; music, Erik Nordgren.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957.
Antonius Block is a knight, who along with his squire, are returning home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they approach home, Death appears to the knight and tells him it is his time. Antonius challenges Death to a chess game for his life. Antonius and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval that the plague has caused.
Special features: remastered monoaural soundtrack; introduction by Ingmar Bergman; audio commentary by Peter Cowie; Bergman Island: an 83-minute documentary; audio interview with Max Von Sydow; booklet with essay by Gary Giddins.