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The Seventh Seal (1958)
description written by member Andy:
This is probably the most famous movie from Ingmar Bergman. Our story
is one of simply, death. The main story focuses on a Christian knight
from the Crusades facing death. Not death as in the end of life
exactly, but as in the angel of death. While strolling along a beach
surveying his fallen fellow soldiers he meets death, but he is well
aware that his time is up as well. Trying to avoid his ultimate fate,
he challenges death to a chess match. The stakes are simple. The
solider will remain alive as long as he can continue to win, but if he
loses he must concede that he is dead. Yet, the solider's motives are
not that of wanting to live, but rather to understand the point of all
the madness he's seen.
| Release Date: | October 13th, 1958 |
| Running Time: | 92 minutes |
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Oh, the contrast of it all. The Knight (Max von Sydow) constantly looks for answers that are not there and, at the end, falls to his knees pleading as the most simple supplicant.
Ingmar Bergman has crafted an extraordinary tale of faith and superstition that causes one to reflect deeply into their own knowledge and...
(complete The Seventh Seal review by Movie Addict)
| The Seventh Seal Movie Review by Andy (4/12/2007) |
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This is probably the most famous movie from Ingmar Bergman. Our story is one of simply, death. The main story focuses on a Christian knight from the Crusades facing death. Not death as in the end of life exactly, but as in the angel of death. While strolling along a beach surveying his fallen fellow soldiers he meets...
(complete The Seventh Seal review by Andy)
There is just nothing like Ingmar Bergman. Few come close, even fewer can do it better (perhaps Kurasawa? Fellini?)
This story follows a group of people fleeing the Black Plague during the Crusades. One man challenges Death to a game of Chess, the stakes being his life. As the characters interact and spend these few...
(complete The Seventh Seal review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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