2 Movies Starring Bengt Ekerot

The Seventh Seal

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1958-10-13

Languages:

Swedish, Latin

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (99332 Reviews)

Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Genres:

Drama Fantasy

Cast:

Gunnar Bjèrnstrand Bengt Ekerot Nils Poppe Max von Sydow

Writer:

Ingmar Bergman (play)

Ingmar Bergman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A Knight and his squire are home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they approach home, Death appears to the knight and tells him it is his time. The knight challenges Death to a chess game 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.