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The Seventh Seal
(Det Sjunde Inseglet)

Screening on Film
Directed by Ingmar Bergman.
With Max von Sydow, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Bibi Andersson.
Sweden, 1957, 35mm, black & white, 95 min.
Swedish with English subtitles.

Bergman’s classic film is a stunning allegory of man’s search for meaning in life. A knight, returning home from the Crusades, plays a game of chess with Death while the plague ravages medieval Europe. An exceptionally powerful film, The Seventh Seal is a work of awesome scope, which remains a textbook to the craft of filmmaking.

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