78. The Seventh Seal
Dir Ingmar Begman
Cast: Max von sydow, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Maude Hanson,
In some ways The Seventh Seal is a film from a different time. A time when it was more appropriate for a film to ask existential questions such as "Why does God Remain silent" or at least seems to. Bergman followed this sort of theme in most of his mature movies (his comedies were an an exception).
In this film he takes a more direct approach than say his "silence of God" Trilogy: Through a Glass Darkly, Winter's Light, and The Silence". A knight returning from the crusades is approached by death and is informed that Death has been traveling by his side for some time now. The knight (Max Von Sydow) challenges death to a game of chess for his soul.
Death has other souls on the menu, and the Knight loses the game on purpose to distract death from claiming the lives of a small family traveling through the country side.So he sacrifices his life for the lives of the travelers. Bergman is not for everybody. some would say his films are to heavy or boring. I enjoy Bergman for his willingness to explore life issues in his films.
Last edited by Diehl40; 10-17-20 at 08:58 PM.