The seventh seal [dvd videorecording]

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Title:

The seventh seal [dvd videorecording]

Author:

Bergman, Ingmar, 1918-2007.

ISBN:

9781604651416

Edition:

DVD ed.; Special ed.

Publication Information:

[New York, N.Y.] : Janus Films : The Criterion Collection, c2009.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (22 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Series:

Criterion collection ; 11.

Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 11.

General Note:

Originally released as motion picture in 1957.

Contents:

disc 1. Feature film ; Introduction by Ingmar Bergman, 2003 ; Audio commentary by Peter Cowie ; Archival audio interview by Max von Sydow ; Tribute to Bergman by Woody Allen, 1989 ; Theatrical trailer -- disc 2. Bergman island (2006) (83 min.) ; Bergman 101.

Abstract:

In medieval Sweden a knight returns from war only to find a ravaged homeland. He meets up with a group of traveling 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.

Subject Term:

Knights and knighthood -- Drama -- DVDs.

Civilization, Medieval -- Drama -- DVDs.

Crusades -- Drama -- DVDs.

Death -- Drama -- DVDs.

Chess -- End games -- Drama -- DVDs.

Black Death -- Drama -- DVDs.

Added Author:

Bergman, Ingmar, 1918-2007.

Sydow, Max von, 1929-

Andersson, Bibi.

Lindblom, Gunnel, 1931-