Film · Drama, Fantasy
The Seventh Seal (1957)
★ 8.1 · 3,499 votes1 h 36 minDrama, Fantasy1957
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.
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Writers
- Ingmar Bergman
- Country
- Sweden
- Language
- Swedish
- Release date
- February 16, 1957
- Original title
- Det sjunde inseglet
Cast
Gunnar BjörnstrandJöns
Bengt EkerotDeath
Nils PoppeJof
Max von SydowAntonius Block
Bibi AnderssonMia
Inga GillLisa
Maud HanssonWitch
Inga LandgréKarin
Gunnel LindblomMute Girl- Bertil AnderbergRaval
Anders EkMonk
Åke FridellPlog
Gunnar OlssonAlbertus Pictor
Erik StrandmarkJonas Skat
Lars LindYoung Monk (uncredited)
Benkt-Åke BenktssonMerchant at Inn (uncredited)
Tor BorongFarmer at Inn (uncredited)
Gudrun BrostWoman at Inn (uncredited)- Harry AsklundLandlord (uncredited)
Ulf JohanssonKnight Commander (uncredited)
