The Seventh seal
Svensk Filmindustri; a film by Ingmar Bergman
- Resource Type:
- VHS Video
- Publication:
- Chico, Calif. : Tamarelle's French Film House, [between 1980 and 1989?]
Availability
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- Summary:
- A 14th century Swedish knight returns from the Crusades to find his country ravaged by the plague. The knight encounters Death, personified, and plays chess with him, hoping for time to resolve his own religious doubts and to save a young couple from death.
- Contributors:
- Language Notes:
- Item content: Swedish
Subtitles: English - Main Work:
- Related Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Trämalning [by Bergman, I.]
- Subjects:
- Performers:
- Cast: Max Von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bibi Andersson, Nils Poppe.
- Production Credits:
- Photographer, Gunner Fischer ; editor, Lennart Wallén ; music, Eric Nordgren.
- General Notes:
- In Swedish, with English subtitles.
Based on Bergman's play: Trämalning (Wood painting or Fresco), published in 1954.
Originally issued as a motion picture in Sweden in 1957 under the title Sjunde inseglet.
A foreign film (Sweden)
VHS SP mode.
Cannes Film Festival, 1957: Jury Special Prize (Ingmar Bergman). - Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (97 min.) : sound, black & white ; 1/2 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- polyester; 1/2 in.; monochrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- analog; magnetic; mono
- Video Characteristics:
- VHS; NTSC
- Call Numbers:
- MV 432
- OCLC Numbers:
- 11098999