The Seventh Seal (film with introduction by Dominique Deckers)

Det sjunde inseglet The Seventh Seal 1957 | SE | 96 minutes | Drama | Dutch subtitles Director: Ingmar Bergman Cast: Max von Sydow, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe Wanneer the disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home after the crusades and discovers that his country is being ravaged by the Zwarte Dood, he challenges Death to a game of chess for his life. Tormented by the conviction that God does not exist, Block begins a quest. Along the way, he meets the traveling chess players Jof and his wife Mia, determined to evade Death long enough to perform one last redeeming act while he is still alive. In In Het Seventh Seal, Bergman sketches an anxious 14th-century universe, steeped in superstition, religious fanaticism, and cynical atheism. With precise play of light and dark, meaningful compositions, and religious symbolism, he exposes the struggle between doubt and faith, fear and hope, a dance of death in which every character struggles with their own existential questions. The film will be introduced by Dominique Deckers.