The Seventh Seal (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 37 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: June 16, 2009
- Originally Released: 1957
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Gunnar Björnstrand | |
Performer: | Max Von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Gunnel Lindblom, Bertil Anderberg, Anders Ek & Ake Fridell | |
Directed by | Ingmar Bergman | |
Edited by | Lennart Wallen | |
Composition by | Erik Nordgren | |
Art Direction by | P. A. Lundgren | |
Director of Photography: | Gunnar Fischer |
Major Awards:
Cannes 1957 -
Jury Prize: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/4 --
Its view of a seemingly godless landscape in the grip of plague is still bold and frightening.
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Detroit Free Press
...Its metaphysical themes still retain their power...
Entertainment Weekly
Film has superior technical narrative, impressive lensing and thesping.
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Variety
The movie is an unbending breakdown of the human soul, and perhaps one of the finest - and most confrontational - ever made.
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Cinemaphile.org
Rating: A --
Ingmar Bergman's provocative existential drama was the first to garner him great international attention.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
4 stars out of 5 -- [The film] still works as a compelling dramatisation of a philosophical symposium.
Uncut
5 stars out of 5 -- Bergman raised the status of post-War cinema as an art form -- he made it as serious as literature or painting or theatre -- and THE SEVENTH SEAL is arguably his finest work.
Empire
Product Description:
Antonius Block (Max Von Sydow), a knight, returns from a 10-year crusade with his squire, Jöns (Gunnar Björnstrand), to find his homeland ravaged by the plague. When the black-cloaked figure of Death (Bengt Ekerot) appears to claim them, Block, whose war experiences have left him cynical about the existence of God and the afterlife, challenges Death to a game of chess to stall for time and gain some insight into the meaning of life before passing on. The game is intermittently paused and resumed during the journey home while Block and Jöns meet several traveling companions, including a mute girl (Gunnel Lindblom) whom they save from a bandit, and a family of poor traveling players--Jof, a gentle visionary (Nils Poppe); his wife, Mia (Bibi Andersson); and their infant daughter. Block witnesses much suffering and anguish along the way (an encounter with a woman accused of witchcraft who is about to be burned at the stake is especially jarring) but also finds evidence of human kindness and love, prompting him to realize that even a single gesture of goodwill might make the long struggle of his existence worthwhile. The title of Ingmar Bergman's highly acclaimed allegorical film stems from the Book of Revelation.
Product Description:
Few films have had as large a cultural impact as Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet). 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 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.
Keywords:
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Death
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Medieval
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Suspense
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Thriller
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Surreal
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Essential Cinema
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