One can see the film's continuing influence in recent works like ' The Green Knight' and ' The Tragedy of Macbeth. The movie's simple sets and costumes speak to the plight of its characters, many of whom spend scene after scene reflecting on their dire circumstances and suffering in the face of God's silence. 'The Seventh Seal' takes place in a medieval setting that's been ravaged by The Plague, its citizens either living in the shadow of death or, in the case of knight Antonius Block (Max von Sydow), locked in a literal chess match with the Grim Reaper (Bengt Ekerot). Those constraints ultimately served the 1957 drama well. For example, the scene with the flagellants was shot from eight A.M. The Seventh Seal (1957) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. As the fateful game progresses, and the knight and his squire encounter a gallery of outcasts from a society in. The Seventh Seal is a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. We were happy even to be able to produce some images each day. Returning exhausted from the Crusades to find medieval Sweden gripped by the Plague, a knight (Max von Sydow) suddenly comes face-to-face with the hooded figure of Death, and challenges him to a game of chess. It was all done in a hurry, but with enormous enthusiasm. For the beach scenes, we had only three days on location! The actors carried the cameras. When we were making it, each morning brought a new catastrophe because we had to make it cheap and quick.

Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman