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The Seventh Seal
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303107332
Format: Black & White, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 6303107338
Label: Homevision
Languages: Latin (Original Language), AnalogSwedish (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Homevision
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Homevision
Release Date: June 16, 2000
Running Time: 96 minutes
Studio: Homevision
Theatrical Release Date: October 13, 1958
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Editorial Review:
Ingmar Bergman's 1956 film has been parodied by everyone from Woody Allen to Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, but it remains one of the strangest and richest classics of world cinema. Max Von Sydow plays a knight returning from the Crusades to encounter an apocalyptic scenario inspired by the Book of Genesis. He plays chess with Death (Bengt Ekerot), sees a manacled witch, watches a band of flagellants go by--all of it foretelling an inevitable end to life. Unabashedly allegorical and lyrical and existing in a world unto itself, the film is enormously mesmerizing no matter what one thinks of the weighty meanings Bergman has attached to it all. The DVD release has English subtitles, audio commentary by critic Peter Cowie, theatrical trailer, and Bergman's filmography. --Tom Keogh
Movie lovers will always return to The Seventh Seal, regarded by many as one of the greatest films of all time. Bergman combines symbolic imagery, realistic details, and wry humor for the moving medieval tale of a knight searching for God in a world ravaged by plague. As the honorable knight, his cynical squire, a troupe of carefree actors, and black-robed Death, a superb cast of Bergman regulars portray the cruelty and charity that coexisted during this dark era.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - One of the best movies ever made
For me, the Seventh Seal, along with Casablanca, is one of the best movies ever made. In terms of asking the question, "Is there meaning in life and Is there a God?," no other film dares to so boldly ask such questions and give such existential answers. There appears to be a Mother Mary and a Christ Child, but there's also Death in this film, and Death, disguised as Clergy, or with the help of ignorant people as well as the clergy, tortures people wholesale in this film. Each person in this film ... Read More
Rating: - One of the Greats
Religious allegory is packed into this film. It is definitely one of the great films.
Rating:  - The Seventh Seal - Criterion Collection
Just aweful! Can't figure out why it's so much talked about! Boring and stifled and far too slow!!
Rating: - Bleak, dark but with a ray of hope
BEWARE SPOILERS and needless interpretations.
It really is impossible to consider an Ingmar Bergman movie without immediately running to an interpretation. At least for me that is the case. In particular The Seventh Seal seems to demand that we ask what was Bergman's intention. Was it to show that Christianity and superstition are brothers in arms? Was it to suggest a kind of fatalism that allows some to live and others to die without rhyme or reason?
The story, set in ... Read More
Rating: - If you Read one Review let it be THIS one.
it is difficult to articulate the greatness of this film. it is comprised of incredibly simple characters yet tears into the complexity of life like no movie i have ever seen. the film transports you to a different era but the fears and ideals are the same we encounter in our lives today. this is a haunting film and very well may change your perception of life.
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