‘The Seventh Seal’: An Ingmar Bergman Masterpiece

A medieval knight may find the meaning of his life during the Plague in a very serious game of chess with the Grim Reaper.

Death (Bengt Ekerot, L) and medieval knight Antonius Block (Max von Sydow) play a deadly game of chess in “The Seventh Seal.” Swedish Film Industry

Not Rated | 1 h 36 min | Drama, Historical Fantasy | 1957

Can a film about death also be about life? If Swedish screenwriter-director Ingmar Bergman’s film “The Seventh Seal” is any indication, it can.