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Seventh Seal [Special Edition]

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Released: 1999-01-26

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Seventh Seal [Special Edition] DVD Cast & Features Cast:
Bertil Anderberg, Benkt-Ake Benktsson, Tor Borong, Gudrun Brost, Anders Ek, Lars Lind, Gunnel Lindblom, Gunnar Olsson, Maud Hansson, Ulf Johansson, Erik Strandmark, Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Bibi Andersson, Åke Fridell, Inga Gill, Inga Landgr_

Director(s): Ingmar Bergman

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Seventh Seal [Special Edition] DVD Details
Video:
Pre-1954 Standard
Audio:
PCM mono
5 full-range channels. Includes 3 for the front speakers, 2 surround channels for rear speakers, & 1 low-frequency effects (LFE) channel to carry deep bass effects
Language:
English
Subtitles:
English
Running Time: 96
Genre: Foreign Film [dub Or Subtitle]
Item Weight: 1
UPC: 037429124529
Product Code: CRRN100DVD
Format: DVD
Year:1957
Studio: Criterion
Seventh Seal [Special Edition] DVD Summary Endlessly imitated and parodied, Ingmar Bergman's landmark art movie The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) retains its ability to hold an audience spellbound.

Bergman regular Max von Sydow stars as a 14th century knight named Antonius Block, wearily heading home after ten years' worth of combat.

Disillusioned by unending war, plague, and misery Block has concluded that God does not exist.

As he trudges across the wilderness, Block is visited by Death (Bengt Ekerot), garbed in the traditional black robe.

Unwilling to give up the ghost, Block challenges Death to a game of chess.

If he wins, he lives -- if not, he'll allow Death to claim him.

As they play, the knight and the Grim Reaper get into a spirited discussion over whether or not God exists.

To recount all that happens next would diminish the impact of the film itself; we can observe that The Seventh Seal ends with one of the most indelible of all of Bergman's cinematic images: the near-silhouette "Dance of Death.

" Considered by some as the apotheosis of all Ingmar Bergman films (other likely candidates for that honor include Wild Strawberries and Persona), and certainly one of the most influential European art movies, The Seventh Seal won a multitude of awards, including the Special Jury Prize at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.