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The seventh seal, A.B. Svensk Filmindustri ; director and scenarist, Ingmar Bergman

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The seventh seal

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A.B. Svensk Filmindustri ; director and scenarist, Ingmar Bergman

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The Criterion collection, 11

Antonius Block is a knight, who along with his squire, are returning home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they approach home, Death appears to the knight and tells him it is his time. Antonius challenges Death to a chess game for his life. Antonius and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval that the plague has caused

disc 1. The film: Ingmar Bergman introduction [Created in 2003 as a series of introductions to Ingmar Bergman's films that Marie Nyreröd recorded with Bergman] (3 min.) -- Feature -- Optional audio feature commentary with film scholar Peter Cowie (recorded in 1987) -- Afterword [2008, featuring film scholar Peter Cowie] (11 min.) -- Max Von Sydow audio interview (Excerpts from interview conducted by film scholar Peter Cowie in 1988] (20 min.) -- Woody Allen on Bergman [filmed in 1998 for Turner Classics Movies] (7 min.) -- Original theatrical trailerdisc 2. The director: Bergman Island [Feature-length documentary edited from three documentaries on Ingmar Bergman, made by Swedish television journalist Marie Nyreröd in 2004] (2004 ; 83 min.) -- Bergman 101 [Film scholar Peter Cowie walks viewers through Bergman's career through film stills, clips, and behind-the-scenes photos] (35 min.) ; Booklet includes essay by film scholar Gary Giddins, There go the clowns

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