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The Resource The seventh seal, Svensk Filmindustri presents ; a film by Ingmar Bergman

The seventh seal, Svensk Filmindustri presents ; a film by Ingmar Bergman

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Summary
  • "After a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight challenges Death to a fateful game of chess"--Container
  • 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
Language
  • swe
  • eng
  • eng
  • swe
  • swe
Work
Publication
Edition
RSDL dual-layer ed. ; standard format 1.33:1.
Extent
1 videodisc (96 min.)
Note
  • Based on the play: Trämålning = Painting on wood / by Ingmar Bergman
  • Originally released as motion picture in 1957
  • Special features: optional audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie; "Ingmar Bergman : an illustrated filmography" (written by Peter Cowie); original theatrical trailer (with English subtitles); restoration demonstration (3 min.); color bars
  • Program notes on container insert include an essay by Peter Cowie
Contents
  • Chapter titles of feature film: Logos, opening credits ; On the beach ; Jof's vision ; At the church ; The deserted village ; The seduction of Skat ; The procession of flagellants ; Torture at the tavern ; Strawberries and milk at dusk ; "Love is the blackest of all plagues" ; "The deadest actor I've ever seen" ; The burning of the witch ; "Mate at the next move" ; The last supper ; The dance of death
  • Special features include: audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie; Ingmar Bergman: an illustrated filmography; theatrical trailer; restoration demonstration
Isbn
9780780020955
Instance
Label
The seventh seal
Title
The seventh seal
Statement of responsibility
Svensk Filmindustri presents ; a film by Ingmar Bergman
Title variation
Ingmar Bergman's The seventh seal
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • swe
  • eng
  • eng
  • swe
  • swe
Summary
  • "After a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight challenges Death to a fateful game of chess"--Container
  • 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
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IDB
Characteristic
videorecording
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Sjunde inseglet (Motion picture)
Credits note
Photography, Gunnar Fischer ; editor, Lennart Wallén ; music, Erik Nordgren ; producer, Allan Ekelund
Language note
In Swedish (with or without English subtitles), or dubbed English (without subtitles)
PerformerNote
Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Max Von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Inga Gill, Maud Hansson, Inga Landgré, Gunnel Lindblom, Bertil Anderberg, Anders Ek, Åke Fridell, Gunnar Olsson, Erik Strandmark
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1918-2007
  • 1909-1986
  • 1929-2020
  • 1935-2019
  • 1937-2020
  • 1927-
  • 1931-2021
  • 1913-1991
  • 1916-1979
  • 1919-1985
  • 1904-1983
  • 1919-1963
  • 1910-2011
  • 1914-1967
  • 1918-2007
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Bergman, Ingmar
  • Björnstrand, Gunnar
  • Ekerot, Bengt
  • Poppe, Nils
  • Sydow, Max von
  • Andersson, Bibi
  • Gill, Inga
  • Hansson, Maud
  • Landgré, Inga
  • Lindblom, Gunnel
  • Anderberg, Bertil
  • Ek, Anders
  • Fridell, Åke
  • Olsson, Gunnar
  • Strandmark, Erik
  • Fischer, Gunnar
  • Wallén, Lennart
  • Nordgren, Erik
  • Ekelund, Allan
  • Cowie, Peter
  • Bergman, Ingmar
  • Svensk filmindustri
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
96
Series statement
  • Criterion collection
  • Classic collection
Series volume
11
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  • Black Death
  • Knights and knighthood
  • Black Death
  • Knights and knighthood
  • Sweden
  • Plague
Technique
live action
Label
The seventh seal, Svensk Filmindustri presents ; a film by Ingmar Bergman
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Based on the play: Trämålning = Painting on wood / by Ingmar Bergman
  • Originally released as motion picture in 1957
  • Special features: optional audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie; "Ingmar Bergman : an illustrated filmography" (written by Peter Cowie); original theatrical trailer (with English subtitles); restoration demonstration (3 min.); color bars
  • Program notes on container insert include an essay by Peter Cowie
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Chapter titles of feature film: Logos, opening credits ; On the beach ; Jof's vision ; At the church ; The deserted village ; The seduction of Skat ; The procession of flagellants ; Torture at the tavern ; Strawberries and milk at dusk ; "Love is the blackest of all plagues" ; "The deadest actor I've ever seen" ; The burning of the witch ; "Mate at the next move" ; The last supper ; The dance of death -- Special features include: audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie; Ingmar Bergman: an illustrated filmography; theatrical trailer; restoration demonstration
Control code
40952802
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
RSDL dual-layer ed. ; standard format 1.33:1.
Extent
1 videodisc (96 min.)
Isbn
9780780020955
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
037429124529
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
plastic
Publisher number
SEV100
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)40952802
System details
DVD; Dolby digital mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The seventh seal, Svensk Filmindustri presents ; a film by Ingmar Bergman
Publication
Note
  • Based on the play: Trämålning = Painting on wood / by Ingmar Bergman
  • Originally released as motion picture in 1957
  • Special features: optional audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie; "Ingmar Bergman : an illustrated filmography" (written by Peter Cowie); original theatrical trailer (with English subtitles); restoration demonstration (3 min.); color bars
  • Program notes on container insert include an essay by Peter Cowie
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Chapter titles of feature film: Logos, opening credits ; On the beach ; Jof's vision ; At the church ; The deserted village ; The seduction of Skat ; The procession of flagellants ; Torture at the tavern ; Strawberries and milk at dusk ; "Love is the blackest of all plagues" ; "The deadest actor I've ever seen" ; The burning of the witch ; "Mate at the next move" ; The last supper ; The dance of death -- Special features include: audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie; Ingmar Bergman: an illustrated filmography; theatrical trailer; restoration demonstration
Control code
40952802
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
RSDL dual-layer ed. ; standard format 1.33:1.
Extent
1 videodisc (96 min.)
Isbn
9780780020955
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
037429124529
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
plastic
Publisher number
SEV100
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)40952802
System details
DVD; Dolby digital mono
Video recording format
DVD

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