The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman

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Starring: Max von Sydow Director: Ingmar Bergman Click here for price, review and more info at Amazon.com

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

Directors > Ingmar Bergman Federico Fellini Jean-Luc Godard - Alfred Hitchcock - Kieslowski Stanley Kubrick Akira Kurosawa

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