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The Seventh Seal

Det sjunde inseglet

1957

Returning disillusioned from the Crusades to a Sweden ravaged by plague, a knight plays a game of chess with Death itself, buying time to search for meaning and proof of God in a silent, dying world. Ingmar Bergman's iconic, profound masterpiece.

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Ingmar Bergman's Swedish medieval allegory and one of Sweden's world-cinema landmarks.

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