The Seventh Seal
Criterion/Voyager (1957)
Fantasy
In Collection
#69
0*
Seen ItYes
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IMDB   8.3
96 mins Sweden / Swedish
Blu-ray Disc  Region A   NR (Not Rated)
Gunnar Bjornstrand Jöns, squire
Bengt Ekerot Death
Nils Poppe Jof
Max Von Sydow Antonius Block
Bibi Andersson Mia
Inga Gill Lisa
Maud Hansson Witch
Inga Landgré Karin
Gunnel Lindblom Girl
Bertil Anderberg Raval
Ake Fridell Blacksmith Plog
Director
Ingmar Bergman
Producer Allan Ekelund
Writer Ingmar Bergman


Ingmar Bergmann’s masterpiece film about confronting death. Death comes to a knight upon his arrival from battle and attempts to take him away. The knight challenges Death to a chess match as the people around them are haunted by the plague. The Seventh Seal comes from a riddle about crusaders who arrive home after a few years to find their people affected by the plague.
Edition Details
Edition Blu-ray Special Edition / Criterion
Distributor Criterion
Release Date 6/16/2009
Packaging Keep Case
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks SUB [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
•New, restored high-definition digital transfer (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) •Introduction by Ingmar Bergman, recorded in 2003 •Audio commentary by Bergman expert Peter Cowie, with a new afterword •Bergman Island (2006), an 83-minute documentary on Bergman by Marie Nyreröd, featuring in-depth and revealing interviews with the director •Archival audio interview with Max von Sydow •A 1989 tribute to Bergman by filmmaker Woody Allen •Theatrical trailer •Bergman 101, a selected video filmography tracing Bergman’s career, narrated by Cowie •Optional English-dubbed soundtrack •New and improved English subtitle translation •PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Gary Giddins