The Seventh Seal
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The Seventh Seal

The Seventh Seal (1957)

Genres - Drama, Epic, Fantasy, History  |   Sub-Genres - Historical Film, Medieval Film  |   Release Date - Feb 16, 1957  |   Run Time - 97 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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The Seventh Seal is a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set in Sweden during the Black Death, it tells of the journey of a medieval knight and a game of chess he plays with the personification of Death, who has come to take his life. Bergman developed the film from his own play Wood Painting. The title refers to a passage from the Book of Revelation, used both at the very start of the film and again towards the end, beginning with the words "And when the Lamb had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." Here, the motif of silence refers to the "silence of God," which is a major theme of the film.

Movie Info

Official Site

https://www.criterion.com/films/173-the-seventh-seal

Budget

$150,000

Box Office

$230,571

Themes

Cult | Death/Extinction | Spiritual/Religious

Tags

Allegory, Black Death, Blacksmith, Chess, Cult, Death Personified, Death/Extinction, Grim Reaper, Middle Ages, Mind-Bending/Experimental, Myths/Legends/Magic, Seal, Spiritual/Religious, Supernatural/Monsters

Attributes

Based On: Carmina Burana, Wood painting
Narrative Location: Sweden
Subject: chess

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Alternate Titles

A hetedik pecsét
HU
A șaptea pecete
RO
Alkhatm alsabe'
EG
Chess: The Movie
TM
Dai-nana no fûin
JP
Das siebente Siegel
DE
Det Sjunde Inseglet
IN, NL, SE
Det syvende innseglet
NO
Det syvende segl
DK, NO
El séptimo sello
AR, MX, PE, ES, UY
El setè segell
ES
Ha'chotam ha'shvee'ee
IL
Het zevende zegel
BE, NL
I evdomi sfragida
GR
Il Settimo Sigillo
IT
Le 7ème sceau
FR
Le septième sceau
BE, CA, FR
Mohr-e haftom
IR
O Sétimo Selo
BR, PT
Phong Ấn Thứ Bảy
VN
Riddaren och döden
SE
Sedmi pečat
HR, RS, SI, YU
Seitsemäs sinetti
FI
Seitsmes pitser
EE
Septintasis antspaudas
LT
Siódma pieczęć
PL
The Seventh Seal
AU, CA, NL, AE, GB, US
Yedinci Mühür
TR
Η έβδομη σφραγίδα
GR
Седми печат
RS, YU
Седмият печат
BG
Седьмая печать
RU
Сьома печатка
UA
第七の封印
JP
第七封印
CN, TW