The Seventh Seal (1957) — Ingmar Bergman’s medieval allegory (screenplay by Bergman from his play Trämålning) . Returning from the Crusades, disillusioned knight Antonius Block (Max von Sydow) and his cynical squire Jöns (Gunnar Björnstrand) find Sweden ravaged by the Black Death . Block meets Death (Bengt Ekerot) on a beach and challenges him to a game of chess to buy time . Along the road they encounter a young witch burned at the stake, traveling players Jof (Nils Poppe) and Mia (Bibi Andersson) with their infant, and a brutalized countryside of flagellants and opportunists (including the seminarian-turned-thief Raval) . In the climax Death claims Block, Karin, Jöns, the girl, Plog and Lisa; the next morning Jof has a vision of the group led by Death in a Dance of Death across the hill—while Jof, Mia and their child are spared .
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