Returning exhausted from the Crusades to find medieval Sweden gripped by the Plague, a knight (Max von Sydow) suddenly comes face-to-face with the hooded figure of Death, and challenges him to a game of chess. As the fateful game progresses, and the knight and his squire encounter a gallery of outcasts from a society in despair, Ingmar Bergman mounts a profound inquiry into the nature of faith and the torment of mortality. One of the most influential films of its time, The Seventh Seal is a stunning allegory of man’s search for meaning and a work of stark visual poetry.
FILM INFO
Sweden
1957
97 minutes
Black & White
1.37:1
Swedish
Spine #11
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
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4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
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One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
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Introduction from 2003 by director Ingmar Bergman
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Audio commentary and video afterword by Bergman expert Peter Cowie
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Bergman Island (2006), a feature-length documentary on Bergman by Marie Nyreröd
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Audio interview from 1998 with actor Max von Sydow
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Tribute to Bergman from 1989 by filmmaker Woody Allen
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Bergman 101, a selected video filmography tracing Bergman’s career, narrated by Cowie
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Trailer
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Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
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PLUS: An essay by critic Gary Giddins
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Cover by Neil Kellerhouse
