Friday, 19 April 2013

A game of life and death


The Seventh Seal (1957)

Written and directed by Ingmar Bergman this film stars Max von Sydow, Bengt Ekerot, Gunnar Bjornstrand and Bibi Andersson. A knight and his squire return home from The Crusades to a land in the grip of plague.

This film does a great job of exploring the ideas of faith when faced with a silent god and disaster about the world. There are some iconic scenes and the film does a great job of mixing medieval art and film to create a world that might not be exactly 100% historically accurate but is a good approximation of what we expect. Despite having a fairly low budget the film does a good job of creating several medieval locations and is well made in general.

5/5

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