The story of a challenge to death.
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
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Character
Prestige, earnest, contemplative and meticulous.
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- rawmeticulous
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Gunnar BjörnstrandJöns
- Bengt EkerotDeath
- Nils PoppeJof
- Max von SydowAntonius Block
- Bibi AnderssonMia
- Inga GillLisa
- Maud HanssonWitch
- Inga LandgréKarin
- Gunnel LindblomMute Girl
- Bertil AnderbergRaval
Crew
- Ingmar BergmanDirector
- Ingmar BergmanScreenplay
- Gunnar FischerDirector of Photography
- Erik NordgrenOriginal Music Composer
- Lennart WallénEditor
- Allan EkelundProducer
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