The Seventh Seal

Wednesday, September 18

7 PM

NR | Fantasy | 1h 36m

1957 | Sweden

Disillusioned and exhausted after a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight (Max von Sydow) encounters Death on a desolate beach and challenges him to a fateful game of chess. Much studied, imitated, even parodied, but never outdone, Bergman’s stunning allegory of man’s search for meaning, The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet), was one of the benchmark foreign imports of America’s 1950s art-house heyday, pushing cinema’s boundaries and ushering in a new era of moviegoing.

Language: Swedish, Latin

Director: Ingmar Bergman

Writer: Ingmar Bergman

Part of the Cinema Essentials film series, presented in collaboration with the Cinema & Television Arts department.

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