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Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Writers:
Ingmar Bergman (play)
Ingmar Bergman (screenplay)
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Release Date:
13 October 1958 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Fantasy more
Plot:
A man seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
7 wins & 1 nomination more
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(34 articles)
Blu-ray Review: Wings of Desire (Criterion Collection)
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Cast

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Gunnar Björnstrand ... Jöns, squire
Bengt Ekerot ... Death
Nils Poppe ... Jof / Joseph

Max von Sydow ... Antonius Block
Bibi Andersson ... Mia / Mary - Jof's wife
Inga Gill ... Lisa, blacksmith's wife
Maud Hansson ... Witch
Inga Landgré ... Karin, Block's Wife
Gunnel Lindblom ... Girl
Bertil Anderberg ... Raval
Anders Ek ... The Monk
Åke Fridell ... Blacksmith Plog
Gunnar Olsson ... Albertus Pictor, Church Painter
Erik Strandmark ... Jonas Skat
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Seventh Seal (UK) (USA)
Riddaren och döden (Sweden) (working title)
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
Sweden
Language:
Swedish | Latin
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
The name of the character played by Gunnel Lindblom is never given and she speaks no lines in the film until the penultimate scene where she has the final line of the group being taken by Death: "It is finished." more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Death claims to remember the positions of the chess pieces, but then organizes them differently from how they were before Antonius overturned them. more
Quotes:
J?ns: Love is as contagious as a cold. It eats away at your strength, morale... If everything is imperfect in this world, love is perfect in its imperfection.
Blacksmith Plog: You're happy, you with your oily words. You believe your own drivel.
J?ns: Believe it? Who said? But I love to give pieces of advice.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Mavet (2005) more
Soundtrack:
HÄSTEN SITTER I TRÄDET more

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44 out of 55 people found the following comment useful.
The Quintessential Bergman Picture, 25 July 2002
10/10
Author: MisterWhiplash from United States

One thing that can be certain after watching the Seventh Seal, outside of being thankful for living in this century, is that Bergman knows his film-making- and imagery. He uses subliminal and not so subliminal techniques to convey a dying, frightened world, where making a living is almost impossible and the debate of god's control over life is discussed like un-rhyming yet fascinating poetry.

The result is beautiful cinema, capturing the always foreboding fear and allure of the almighty and for the waiting death, appropriately staged in post-crusades, mid dark age Europe. Max Von Sydow gives an excellent showing as the opponent of Death (in a clever and meticulous chess game), yet the character of Death, played by Bengt Ekerot with chilling conviction, steals the show, if only for the alluring quality of the character.

Even if the story veers it veers in good and interesting territory, focusing on people who convey Bergman's point and or style. I can't reveal what the bottom line point is (many newcomers to Bergman's work won't either, especially if you're not in the mood for soul searching), but one thing is for certain, an allegory on life and death is shown perfectly in the second to last shot of the reaper and his minions following in a dance across the field. This is one of the most pure of cinema's masterpieces and certainly Bergman's best cine. A++

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