The Seventh Seal (1957)
Dublin Core
Title
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Subject
The Calamitous Fourteenth Century
Peasants, Townspeople, and Social Life
Peasants, Townspeople, and Social Life
Description
The Seventh Seal follows a returned Crusader knight, his squire, and a troupe of actors as they encounter violence, plague, and (literal) Death in medieval Sweden.
Creator
Declan Murphy
Date
February 16, 1957 (Sweden)
October 13, 1958 (USA)
October 13, 1958 (USA)
Rights
Svensk Filmindustri (SF)
Relation
See Film Project for longer review.
Language
Swedish
Latin
Latin
Type
Drama
Fantasy
Period Film
Psychological Drama
Fantasy
Period Film
Psychological Drama
Identifier
Based on the play by Ingmar Bergman, Trämålning (Wood Painting)
Coverage
Sweden
Late Middle Ages (c. 1300-1500)
14th Century
c. 1347 - 1353
Late Middle Ages (c. 1300-1500)
14th Century
c. 1347 - 1353
Moving Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Feature Film
Duration
99 minutes
Producer
Allan Ekelund
Director
Ingmar Bergman
Files
Collection
Citation
Declan Murphy, “The Seventh Seal (1957),” Medieval Hollywood, accessed June 6, 2023, https://medievalhollywood.ace.fordham.edu/items/show/158.