Il settimo sigillo

Titolo originale: Det sjunde inseglet
Regia: Ingmar Bergman |
Anno: 1957
Origine: Sweden |
Generi: Fantasy Dramma
Tag: witch | dying and death | blacksmith | chess | countryside | allegory | crusade | artist | juggler | witch burning | last judgment | symbolism | sense of life | matter of life and death | grim reaper | black and white | demon | belief in god | middle ages (476-1453) | meaning of life | virgin mary | black death | playing chess | death personified | death incarnate | life teacher | metaphysical | 14th century | seeking a god | relaxed | metaphysical drama | metaphysics, mysticism, kabbalah, spiritism | the virgin mary |
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 |

Film capolavoro di Ingmar Bergmann sul confronto con la morte. La morte appare ad un cavaliere al suo ritorno dalla battaglia e cerca di portarlo via. Il cavaliere sfida la morte ad una partita a scacchi.