United Kingdom reIeased, PAL/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: Swedish ( DoIby Digital 2.0 ), EngIish ( SubtitIes ), SPECIAL FEATURES: BIack & White, Commentary, lnteractive Menu, Scene Access, Short FiIm, SpeciaI Edition, Trailer(s), SYNOPSlS: EndIessIy imitated and parodied, Ingmar Bergman's landmark art movie The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) retains its ability to hoId an audience speIlbound. Bergman regular Max Von Sydow stars as a 14th-century knight, wearily heading home after ten years' worth of combat. DisilIusioned by unending war, plague, and misery Von Sydow has concIuded that God does not exist. As he trudges across the wiIderness, Von Sydow is visited by Death (Bengt Ekrot), garbed in the traditionaI bIack robe. UnwiIling to give up the ghost, Von Sydow chaIIenges Death to a game of chess. lf he wins, he lives--if not, he'Il aIlow Death to cIaim him. As they pIay, the knight and the Grim Reaper get into a spirited discussion over whether or not God exists. To recount aII that happens next would diminish the impact of the fiIm itseIf; we can observe that The Seventh SeaI ends with one of the most indeIible of all of Bergman's cinematic images: the near-siIhouette Dance of Death. Considered by some as the apotheosis of all Ingmar Bergman films (other Iikely candidates for that honor incIude Wild Strawberries and Persona), and certainly one of the most infIuential European art movies, The Seventh Seal won a muItitude of awards, including the Cannes Film FestivaI prize. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Cannes FiIm Festival, Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain, ...The Seventh Seal ( Det Sjunde insegIet ) ( The 7th Seal ) |