The Seventh Seal (1957)
Movie
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.
Directed By : Ingmar Bergman
Genres : Fantasy, Drama
Status : Released
Released : Feb 16, 1957
Tagline : The story of a challenge to death.
Length : 96 minutes
Cast
- 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 Strandmark
- Lars Lind
- Benkt-Åke Benktsson
- Tor Borong
- Gudrun Brost
- Harry Asklund
- Ulf Johansson
- Sten Ardenstam
- Gordon Löwenadler
- Karl Widh
- Tommy Karlsson
- Siv Aleros
- Bengt Gillberg
- Lars Granberg
- Gunlög Hagberg
- Gun Hammargren
- Uno Larsson
- Lennart Lilja
- Monica Lindman
- Helge Sjökvist
- Georg Skarstedt
- Ragnar Sörman
- Lennart Tollén
- Caya Wickström
- Catherine Berg
- Mona Malm
- Tor Isedal
- Josef Norman
- Gösta Prüzelius
- Fritjof Tall
- Nils Whiten
- Lena Bergman
Crew
- Director : Ingmar Bergman
- Producer : Allan Ekelund
- Original Music Composer : Erik Nordgren
- Director of Photography : Gunnar Fischer
- Editor : Lennart Wallén
- Production Design : P.A. Lundgren
- Costume Design : Manne Lindholm
- Screenplay : Ingmar Bergman
- Makeup Artist : Nils Nittel
- Sound : Lennart Wallin
- Sound : Aaby Wedin
- Assistant Director : Lennart Olsson
- Assistant Camera : Åke Nilsson
- Conductor : Sixten Ehrling
- Choreographer : Else Fisher
- Sound Effects : Evald Andersson
- Unit Manager : Carl-Henry Cagarp
- Script Supervisor : Katinka Faragó
- Author : Ingmar Bergman