The Seventh Seal or The 7th Seal
Call Number: VHS00175 Copy 1
VHS00175 Copy 2
by Ingmar Bergman; Allan Ekelund; Max von Sydow; Bibi Anderson; Nils Poppe; Gunnar FIscher; Lennart Wallen
Format: VHS
Language: Swedish with English subtitles
Publisher: Copy 1: Pearl Entertainment, Inc. 1991; Copy 2: Los Angeles, Calif. : Embassy Home Entertainment, ©1987.;
Notes: Originally released in 1957 (93 mins.); based on the play by Ingmar Bergman;
Summary: In medieval Sweden a knight returns from war only to find a ravaged homeland. He meets up with a group of travelling players and eventually confronts the embodiment of death with whom he engages in a game of chess for his life. The knight and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the plague has caused.
OCLC #: 156737659
Added: October 22, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection