Seventh Seal, The (DVD)
Restored 2-Disc Criterion Special Edition
APPROX. 97 MINS. - PROD. YEAR: 1957 - MPA RATING: NR
DVD Specifications
| Release date: | Jun 16, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | Criterion/Voyager |
| Year: | 1957 |
| Video: | Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 |
| Audio: |
Swedish: Dolby Digital 1.0 |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Subtitles: | English |
Special Features
- Presented on two discs
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Introduction by Ingmar Bergman (recorded in 2003)
- Audio commentary by Bergman expert Peter Cowie (with a new afterword)
- "Bergman Island" (2006), an 83-minute documentary on Bergman by Marie Nyreröd (featuring in-depth and revealing interviews with the director)
- Archival audio interview with Max von Sydow
- A 1989 tribute to Bergman by filmmaker Woody Allen
- Theatrical trailer
- Bergman 101, a selected video filmography tracing Bergman's career (narrated by Cowie)
- Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Gary Giddins
Synopsis
After a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight challenges Death to a fateful game of chess. The Seventh Seal launched the international career of its director, Ingmar Bergman, and made a star of its 27-year-old leading actor, Max Von Sydow. Forty years later, Bergman's stunning allegory of man's apocalyptic search for meaning remains a textbook on the art of filmmaking and an essential building block in any collection.Disillusioned and exhausted after a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight (von Sydow) encounters Death on a desolate beach and challenges him to a fateful game of chess. Much studied, imitated, even parodied, but never outdone, Bergman's stunning allegory of man's search for meaning, THE SEVENTH SEAL (Det sjunde inseglet from Sweden), was one of the benchmark foreign imports of America's 1950s art-house heyday, pushing cinema's boundaries and ushering in a new era of moviegoing.
Cast & Crew
Criterion/Voyager
presents
Max Von SydowBengt EkerotNils PoppeGunnar BjörnstrandBibi Andersson
"Seventh Seal, The"
Written byIngmar Bergmanproduced byAllan Ekelund
directed byIngmar Bergman
Production Year: 1957
"Seventh Seal, The"
Written byIngmar Bergmanproduced byAllan Ekelund
directed byIngmar Bergman
Production Year: 1957
