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The Seventh Seal

The Seventh Seal (1957)

Genres - Drama, Epic, Fantasy, History  |   Sub-Genres - Historical Film, Medieval Film  |   Release Date - Feb 16, 1957  |   Run Time - 97 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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The Seventh Seal is a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set in Sweden during the Black Death, it tells of the journey of a medieval knight and a game of chess he plays with the personification of Death, who has come to take his life. Bergman developed the film from his own play Wood Painting. The title refers to a passage from the Book of Revelation, used both at the very start of the film and again towards the end, beginning with the words "And when the Lamb had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." Here, the motif of silence refers to the "silence of God," which is a major theme of the film.

Movie Info

Official Site

https://www.criterion.com/films/173-the-seventh-seal

Box Office

$312,104

Themes

Dark | Death/Extinction | Spiritual/Religious

Tags

Allegory, Black Death, Blacksmith, Chess, Cult, Death Personified, Death/Extinction, Grim Reaper, Middle Ages, Mind-Bending/Experimental, Myths/Legends/Magic, Seal, Spiritual/Religious, Supernatural/Monsters, Witch

Attributes

Based On: Carmina Burana, Wood painting
Narrative Location: Sweden
Subject: chess

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Alternate Titles

A hetedik pecsét
HU
A șaptea pecete
RO
Das siebente Siegel
DE
Det syvende segl
DK, NO
El séptimo sello
AR, MX, PE, ES, US, UY
El setè segell
ES
Het zevende zegel
BE, NL
Il Settimo Sigillo
IT
Le septième sceau
BE, CA, FR
O Sétimo Selo
BR, PT
Sedmá pečeť
CZ
Sedmi pečat
BA, HR, RS, SI, YU
Seitsemäs sinetti
FI
Seitsmes pitser
EE
Septintasis antspaudas
LT
Septītais zīmogs
LV
Siódma pieczęć
PL
Sjöunda innsiglið
IS
The Seventh Seal
AU, CA, IN, KR, NL, AE, GB, US
Vula e shtatë
AL
Yeddinci Möhür
AZ
Yedinci Mühür
TR
Η έβδομη σφραγίδα
GR
Седми печат
RS, YU
Седмиот печат
MK
Седмият печат
BG
Седьмая печать
RU
Сьома печатка
UA
Յոթերորդ կնիքը
AM
החותם השביעי
IL
الختم السابع
SA
مهر هفتم
IR
দা সেভেন্থ সীল
BD
ദ സെവൻത് സീൽ
IN
第七の封印
JP
第七封印
CN, HK, TW
제7의 봉인
KR