The seventh seal
(DVD Video)

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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [1998].
Format
DVD Video
Edition
RSDL dual-layer edition ; standard format (1.33:1).
Language
swe
UPC
037429124529

Notes

General Note
Based on the play: Trämålning = Painting on wood / by Ingmar Bergman.
General Note
Originally released as motion picture in 1957.
General Note
Special features: optional audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie; "Ingmar Bergman : an illustrated filmography" (written by Peter Cowie); original theatrical trailer (with English subtitles); restoration demonstration (3 min.); color bars.
General Note
Program notes on container insert include an essay by Peter Cowie.
Creation/Production Credits
Photography, Gunnar Fischer ; editor, Lennart Wallén ; music, Erik Nordgren ; producer, Allan Ekelund.
Participants/Performers
Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Max Von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Inga Gill, Maud Hansson, Inga Landgré, Gunnel Lindblom, Bertil Anderberg, Anders Ek, Åke Fridell, Gunnar Olsson, Erik Strandmark.
Description
In medieval Sweden a knight returns from war only to find a ravaged homeland. He meets up with a group of travelling players and eventually confronts the embodiment of death with whom he engages in a game of chess for his life. The knight and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the plague has caused.
System Details
DVD; Dolby digital mono.
Language
In Swedish (with or without English subtitles), or dubbed English (without subtitles).

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Bergman, I., Björnstrand, G., Ekerot, B., Poppe, N., Sydow, M. v., Andersson, B., Gill, I., Hansson, M., Landgré, I., Lindblom, G., Anderberg, B., Ek, A., Fridell, A., Olsson, G., Strandmark, E., Fischer, G., Wallén, L., Nordgren, E., Ekelund, A., & Cowie, P. (1998). The seventh seal (RSDL dual-layer edition ; standard format (1.33:1).). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ingmar Bergman et al.. 1998. The Seventh Seal. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ingmar Bergman et al.. The Seventh Seal Criterion Collection, 1998.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Bergman, Ingmar, et al. The Seventh Seal RSDL dual-layer edition ; standard format (1.33:1)., Criterion Collection, 1998.

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