THE SEVENTH SEAL
An epic historical
fantasy in which A man seeks answers about life, death, and the
existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the
Black Plague.
Returning exhausted from the Crusades to find
medieval Sweden gripped by the Plague, a knight (Max von Sydow) suddenly
finds himself face-to-face with the hooded figure of Death, and
challenges him to a game of chess. As the fateful game progresses, and
the knight and his squire encounter a gallery of outcasts from a society
in despair, Bergman mounts a profound inquiry into the nature of faith
and the torment of mortality. One of the most influential films of its
time, The Seventh Seal is a stunning allegory of man’s search for
meaning and a work of stark visual poetry. (Sweden, 1957, 96 min., NR, Swedish with English subtitles| Dir. Ingmar Bergman)
Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007) stands as one
of the giants of world cinema and perhaps the father of the flowering
of art house movement in America during the 1960s and ’70s. This
selection of some of his greatest works feature new digital restorations
courtesy of Janus Films and the Swedish Film Institute.
For Complete List of Bergman Films and to Purchase Tickets, Click on the Links Below:
FANNY AND ALEXANDER
WILD STRAWBERRIES
PERSONA
THE MAGIC FLUTE
SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT
CRIES AND WHISPERS
