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The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (Criterion Collection)

The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (Criterion Collection)

Criterion/Voyager (1957)
Drama | Fantasy | Foreign
Sweden | Swedish | Black & White | 01:36
Criterion Blu-ray
Blu-ray
NR (Not Rated)
715515044615
| 1 disc
Region A
HD Case

Ingmar Bergmann’s masterpiece film about confronting death. Death comes to a knight upon his arrival from battle and attempts to take him away. The knight challenges Death to a chess match as the people around them are haunted by the plague. The Seventh Seal comes from a riddle about crusaders who arrive home after a few years to find their people affected by the plague.


Cast View all

Gunnar Bjornstrand Jöns / squire
Bengt Ekerot Death
Nils Poppe Jof
Max Von Sydow Antonius Block
Bibi Andersson Mia
Inga Gill Lisa / Blacksmith's Wife
Maud Hansson Witch
Inga Landgré Karin / Block's Wife
Gunnel Lindblom Girl
Bertil Anderberg Raval
Anders Ek The Monk
Ake Fridell Blacksmith Plog
Gunnar Olsson Albertus Pictor / Church Painter
Erik Strandmark Jonas Skat
Siv Aleros Flagellant
Sten Ardenstam Knight
Harry Asklund The Landlord
Benkt-Åke Benktsson Merchant at the Inn
Catherine Berg Young Woman Kneeling for the Flagellants
Lena Bergman Young Woman Kneeling for the Flagellants
Tor Borong Farmer at the Inn
Gudrun Brost Woman at Inn
Bengt Gillberg Flagellant
Lars Granberg Flagellant
Gunlög Hagberg Flagellant

Crew View all

Director Ingmar Bergman
Writer Ingmar Bergman
Producer Allan Ekelund
Musician Erik Nordgren
Photography Gunnar Fischer

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Added Date Dec 26, 2016 01:12:54
Modified Date Jun 12, 2022 00:34:25

Edition details

Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks PCM Mono [Swedish]
SUB [English]
Subtitles English
Distributor Criterion
Layers Single side, Single layer
Edition Release Date Jun 16, 2009

Notes

Christmas 2016 gift from Mom & Dad

Disc Features
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

Digital transfer (box set edition); new, restored high-definition digital transfer (two-DVD and Blu-ray editions), with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Introduction by Ingmar Bergman, recorded in 2003 (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
Audio commentary by Bergman expert Peter Cowie, with a new afterword on the two-DVD and Blu-ray editions
Bergman Island (2006), an 83-minute documentary on Bergman by Marie Nyreröd, featuring in-depth and revealing interviews with the director (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
Archival audio interview with Max von Sydow (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
A 1989 tribute to Bergman by filmmaker Woody Allen (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
Theatrical trailer
Bergman 101, a selected video filmography tracing Bergman’s career, narrated by Cowie (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
An annotated, illustrated Bergman filmography, featuring excerpts from Wild Strawberries and The Magician with commentary (box set only)
Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A new essay by Cowie (box set edition); a booklet featuring a new essay by critic Gary Giddins (two-DVD and Blu-ray editions)

New cover by Neil Kellerhouse (two-DVD and Blu-ray editions); new cover by Gordon Reynolds (box set edition)

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