The seventh seal [videorecording] / A.B. Svensk Filmindustri ; director and scenarist, Ingmar Bergman.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: CC1802D | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Swedish Original language: Swedish Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 11.Publication details: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2009]Edition: [Special ed.]Description: 2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 bookletISBN:
  • 9781604651416
  • 1604651415
Other title:
  • Sjunde inseglet
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DVD PN 1997 .S48 2009
Production credits:
  • Photography, Gunnar Fischer ; editor, Lennart Wall�en ; music, Erik Nordgren.
Cast: Gunnar Bj�ornstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Max Von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Inga Gill, Maud Hansson, Inga Landgr�e, Gunnel Lindblom, Bertil Anderberg, Anders Ek, �Ake Fridell, Gunnar Olsson, Erik Standmark.Summary: 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.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD PN 1997 .S48 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 1. 98641189
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD PN 1997 .S48 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 2. 98641190
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD PN 1997 .S48 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Accompanying booklet. 98641341

DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1); Dolby Digital mono., new, restored High-Definition digital transfer, NTSC.

Swedish dialogue, English subtitles.

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Gunnar Bj�ornstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Max Von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Inga Gill, Maud Hansson, Inga Landgr�e, Gunnel Lindblom, Bertil Anderberg, Anders Ek, �Ake Fridell, Gunnar Olsson, Erik Standmark.

Photography, Gunnar Fischer ; editor, Lennart Wall�en ; music, Erik Nordgren.

Originally released 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: Disc one: Introduction by Ingmar Bergman, recorded in 2003; audio commentary by Bergman expert Peter Cowie, with a new afterword; archival audio interview with Max von Sydow; a 1989 tribute to Bergman by filmmaker Woody Allen; theatrical trailer. Disc two: "Bergman Island:" (2006), an 83-minute documentary on Bergman by journalist Marie Nyrer�od, featuring in-depth and revealing interviews with the director; "Bergman 101:" a selection video filmography tracing Bergman's career, narrated by Cowie. Booklet features an essay by critic Gary Giddins.

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