Genre: Drama
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Bjornstrand,
Nils Poppe
Running Time: 96 minutes
A medieval knight and
his squire return from the crusades to find their country, Sweden, ravaged by
the Black Plague. The knight is confronted by the human personification of
death. The knight challenges death to a chess match, spread out over multiple
days, with the deal being that, as long as he is not defeated by death at this
game, his life will be spared.
This film is
considered to be a classic of cinema. The images, story and delivery on screen
is like a long epic visual poem. Sure, it might seem kind of dry to most
people, but cinephiles have to see this at least once in their lives.
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