TY - ADVS AU - Ekelund,Allan AU - Bergman,Ingmar AU - Bjèornstrand,Gunnar AU - Ekerot,Bengt AU - Poppe,Nils AU - Sydow,Max von AU - Andersson,Bibi AU - Gill,Inga AU - Hansson,Maud AU - Landgrâe,Inga AU - Lindblom,Gunnel AU - Fischer,Gunnar AU - Wallâen,Lennart AU - Nordgren,Erik AU - Bergman,Ingmar ED - Svensk filmindustri. ED - Home Vision (Firm) ED - Criterion Collection (Firm) TI - The Seventh seal T2 - Criterion collection SN - 0780020952 AV - CM DVD 00391 U1 - 791.43/72 PY - 1998///] CY - [Irvington, N.Y.] PB - Criterion Collection, Home Vision Cinema [dist. KW - Black Death KW - Sweden KW - Drama KW - Knights and knighthood KW - Svart Dèod KW - Sverige N1 - 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; Special features: audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie; Ingmar Bergman: an illustrated filmography; theatrical trailer; restoration demonstration; Photography, Gunnar Fischer; editor, Lennart Wallâen; music, Erik Nordgren; Gunnar Bjèornstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Max Von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Inga Gill, Maud Hansson, Inga Landgrâe, Gunnel Lindblom N2 - 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 ER -