The Seventh seal /

Contributor(s): Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: Swedish, English Original language: Swedish Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection (laser discs) ; 10Distributor: Stockholm, SW : Svensk filmindustri [1957]Publisher: Irvington, NY : The Voyager Company [1997]Publisher: New York, NY : The Criterion Collection [1997]Manufacturer: Montvale, NJ : Pioneer Video Inc. [1997]Beginning or single date created: 1957.Edition: The Criterion Collection; Laser DiscDescription: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 12"Other title:

Sjunde inseglet [Parallel title]

Uniform titles:

Sjunde inseglet (Motion picture)

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Contents:

Special Features: -- Right audio track : Audio Essay by Peter Crowie. -- Ch. 15 : Ingmar Bergman: an illustrated filmography. -- Ch. 16 : Excerpt from Wild Strawberries. -- Ch. 17 : Excerpt from The Magician. -- Ch. 18 : Bibliography

Production credits:

Cinematography, Gunnar Fischer ; editor, Lennart Wallén ; music, Erik Nordgren.
Videodisc production credits : produced by, Robert Stein and Isaac Mizrahi ; film-negative to tape transfer by, Alexander Lobel, TVR, New York ; audio track two recording and editing by, Denise Sickinger ; still frame recording by, Katherine Kanehiro ; post production on side four by, Pacific Video Inc., Hollywood, California ; manufactured by Pioneer Video Inc. by license under several pending patents.

Cast: Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Max Von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Inga Gill, Maud Hansson, Inga Landgré, Gunnel Lindblom.Summary: 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.

List(s) this item appears in: New Films and Books

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	LaserDisc films - Not For Loan	SP 433 - Screening Room	D-0192 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	16055001792

Originally released as motion picture in 1957.

Based on the play Painting on wood = Trämålning, by Ingmar Bergman.

Gatefold cover.

Laserdisc. Full Screen, Academy ratio. CAV. Stereo : L channel, film audio ; R channel, audio essay. 18 chapters.

Swedish dialogue, with English subtitles.

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