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.

Errori

When Death is putting the chess pieces back in their correct places after they have fallen, Antonius [...] D
When Raval steals a bracelet off a dead woman's wrist, her hand slightly twitches. D
At the seashore, Block's face is brightly lit from the side, yet the rising (or setting) sun is behi [...] D
The chess players focus on capturing the Queen. The Queen was not a super-powerful piece until centu [...] D
When Death tries to restore the ruined positions of the chess pieces, it is seen that the king has b [...] D
When Skat and the blacksmith reunite with the group, a forest backdrop is visible in the background. D
Just before the arrival of the Christian entourage, Jof and Mia were performing their presentation a [...] D
In the influential scene with Block playing chess with Death, the chess pieces are incorrectly repos [...] D
When the group enters the castle from the rainstorm, they are perfectly dry. D
The knight and his squire return from the Crusades, to find their homeland suffering a Black Plague [...] D
When Death cuts down the tree that Jonas Skat climbed up into, the stump moves as it falls. D
In the witches' forest, you can see the windows of apartment buildings between the trees. D
During the game of chess played against Death, the table appears incorrectly rotated. According to t [...] D
In a close shot at the seashore, the sun is visible behind Block's back, but it's gone in the follow [...] D
When Lisa (the Blacksmith's wife) is with Skat and laughs, her inlays are visible. D
Jof's hand movements on the lyre do not match the audible notes. D