---
title: 'The Seventh Seal (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ingmar Bergman'
released: '1957-02-16'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Sweden'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-seventh-seal-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050976/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Seventh Seal (1957)

1957 · 96 min · Drama, Fantasy, History · Sweden

Original title: Det sjunde inseglet

## Synopsis

The Seventh Seal is a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set in Sweden during the Black Death, it tells of the journey of a medieval knight and a game of chess he plays with the personification of Death, who has come to take his life. Bergman developed the film from his own play Wood Painting. The title refers to a passage from the Book of Revelation, used both at the very start of the film and again towards the end, beginning with the words "And when the Lamb had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." Here, the motif of silence refers to the "silence of God," which is a major theme of the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ingmar Bergman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingmar-bergman)
- **Screenplay:** [Ingmar Bergman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingmar-bergman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Erik Nordgren](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-nordgren)
- **Producer:** [Allan Ekelund](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-ekelund)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gunnar Fischer](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunnar-fischer)
- **Editor:** [Lennart Wallén](https://cinepixo.com/people/lennart-wallen)

## Cast

- [Bertil Anderberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/bertil-anderberg) as Raval
- [Gunnel Lindblom](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunnel-lindblom) as kvinnan utan namn
- [Bengt Ekerot](https://cinepixo.com/people/bengt-ekerot) as Death
- [Erik Strandmark](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-strandmark) as Jonas Skat
- [Bibi Andersson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bibi-andersson) as Mia
- [Inga Landgré](https://cinepixo.com/people/inga-landgre) as Karin
- [Georg Skarstedt](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-skarstedt)
- [Anders Ek](https://cinepixo.com/people/anders-ek) as munk
- [Gudrun Brost](https://cinepixo.com/people/gudrun-brost) as piga på värdshus
- [Nils Poppe](https://cinepixo.com/people/nils-poppe) as Jof
- [Benkt-Åke Benktsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/benkt-ake-benktsson) as köpman på värdshus
- [Gunnar Olsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunnar-olsson) as Albertus Pictor
- [Inga Gill](https://cinepixo.com/people/inga-gill) as Lisa
- [Mona Malm](https://cinepixo.com/people/mona-malm)
- [Maud Hansson](https://cinepixo.com/people/maud-hansson) as häxanklagade kvinnan

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-seventh-seal-1957
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