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The Seventh seal [videorecording] / Svensk Filmindustri presents a film by Ingmar Bergman ; producer, Allan Ekelund ; screenplay writer, Ingmar Bergman ; director, Ingmar Bergman.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: SEV 100 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Swedish, English Summary language: English Original language: Swedish Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 11. | Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)Publication details: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection : Home Vision Cinema [dist., 1998]Description: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0780020952
  • 9780780020955
Other title:
  • Title on container: Ingmar Bergman's The seventh seal
Uniform titles:
  • Sjunde inseglet.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 00391
Production credits:
  • Photography, Gunnar Fischer; editor, Lennart Wallâen; music, Erik Nordgren.
Cast: Gunnar Bjèornstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Max Von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Inga Gill, Maud Hansson, Inga Landgrâe, 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.
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
DVD DVD Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Colección Multimedia (Humanidades 4to. Piso) CM DVD 00391 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000039585

DVD.

Swedish dialogue, with optional English subtitles or English dubbed version, with no subtitles.

Gunnar Bjèornstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Max Von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Inga Gill, Maud Hansson, Inga Landgrâe, Gunnel Lindblom.

Photography, Gunnar Fischer; editor, Lennart Wallâen; music, Erik Nordgren.

Originally released as motion picture in 1957.

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

"The Classic Collection, a joint venture between Janus Films and Home Vision Cinema"--Container.

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.

Special features: audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie; Ingmar Bergman: an illustrated filmography; theatrical trailer; restoration demonstration.

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