The knight Antonio Bloke comes back from crusades to his native Sweden where he finds starvation, plague, burning witches and the whiteface Death wanting his life. Bloke wants to win eternity and offers the Death to play chess. One of the srongest conversations about temporality of human being in the film history is starting.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 36 min.
- Country, year
- Sweden, 1957
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Swedish, Latin
- Subtitles
- English, Lithuanian
Credits
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Screenplay
- Ingmar Bergman
- Producers
- Allan Ekelund
- Cinematography
- Gunnar Fischer
- Music
- Erik Nordgren
- Cast
- Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Max von Sydow, Bibi Anderson
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Cannes Film Festival
- Cannes Film Festival
Director
Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007) was born in Uppsala, Sweden. He studied at Stockholm University, while his professional career started in the Municipal Theater in Helsinborg. Throughout six decades of his cinematic work he created more than 50 films. The importance of Ingmar Bergman to the development of film cannot be overestimated. He is one of the great artistic explorers of the possibilities of the silver screen.
