The Seventh Seal (1957)
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The story of a challenge to death
Overview
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
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Director, Screenplay
Original Title Det sjunde inseglet
Status Released
Original Language Swedish
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Keywords
- chess
- countryside
- witch
- blacksmith
- allegory
- symbolism
- artist
- last judgment
- crusade
- juggler
- witch burning
- sense of life
- dying and death
- 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
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