Seventh Seal, The

Seventh Seal, The

1957

A Knight and his squire are 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. The knight challenges Death to a chess game for his life. The Knight and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the plague has caused.

A film of visual scope, of imaginative concept, of powerful content, written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, twice honored by the International Jury at the Cannes Film Festival 1956,1957

JBscale
90
Superior

Film Detail

Genre
Drama - Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Length
1 hr. 36 mins.
US Theatrical Release
October 13, 1958
US Box Office
No Data Available
Global Office
No Data Available
Rating
NR
Not Rated

Collection Detail

Edition
Single Disc Criterion Collection #11 & Digital
Resolution | Digital Platform
Fandango at Home Fandango at Home
Aspect Ratio
FS 1.33:1
Audio
Sweedish: PCM Mono
Studio
Criterion
Released
June 16, 2009
Acquired Date
July 22, 2014
Times Seen
0 Times
Last Watched
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Actors

Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow
Bengt Ekerot
Bengt Ekerot
Gunnar Björnstrand
Gunnar Björnstrand
Nils Poppe
Nils Poppe
Bibi Andersson
Bibi Andersson
Inga Gill
Inga Gill
Maud Hansson
Maud Hansson

Directors

Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman

Producers

Allan Ekelund
Allan Ekelund

Writers

Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman

Awards & Accolades

  • 2012 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #109
  • 2018 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #147
  • 2019 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #157
  • 2022 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #198

Special Features

Commentaries
  • film scholar Peter Cowie
Documentaries
  • Bergman Island
Other
  • Afterword
  • Bergman 101
  • Ingmar Bergman Introduction
  • Max von Sydow Audio Interview
  • Woody Allen on Bergman
  • Audio Commentary
  • Featurettes

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User Reviews

Ratings

JB Users
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RT Fresh
93%
Tomatometer
73 votes
RT Fresh Certified
93%
Popcornmeter
3,116 votes
METASCORE
88
15 votes
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
204,955 votes

Additional Info

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