Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: Ingmar Bergman in Black and White
The Seventh Seal | Sweden | 1957 | 35mm | 97 min. | Swedish with English subtitles Director: Ingmar Bergman
Event Details
Date
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Time
2 p.m.
Location
Description
Cast: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bibi Andersson
A knight (von Sydow) and his squire return from the Crusades to their plague-ravaged and spiritually lost homeland. Their aim is to fend off the black spectre of Death by challenging him to a game of chess. The first of an intense series of Bergman films that suggests that God is silent and death is implacable.
A knight (von Sydow) and his squire return from the Crusades to their plague-ravaged and spiritually lost homeland. Their aim is to fend off the black spectre of Death by challenging him to a game of chess. The first of an intense series of Bergman films that suggests that God is silent and death is implacable.
Cost
Free
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