@article{313990, note = {Originally released as motion picture in 1957.}, author = {Ekelund, Allan. and Bergman, Ingmar, and Björnstrand, Gunnar, and Ekerot, Bengt. and Poppe, Nils. and Sydow, Max von, and Andersson, Bibi. and Gill, Inga. and Hansson, Maud, and Landgré, Inga, and Lindblom, Gunnel, and Fischer, Gunnar, and Wallén, Lennart. and Nordgren, Erik. and Bergman, Ingmar,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/313990}, title = {The Seventh seal [videorecording] /}, publisher = {Criterion Collection :}, abstract = {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.}, recid = {313990}, pages = {1 videodisc (96 min.) :}, address = {[Irvington, N.Y.] :}, year = {1998}, }