Film capolavoro di Ingmar Bergmann sul confronto con la morte. La morte appare ad un cavaliere al suo ritorno dalla battaglia e cerca di portarlo via. Il cavaliere sfida la morte ad una partita a scacchi.
Il settimo sigillo
witch, dying and death, blacksmith, chess, countryside, allegory, crusade, artist, juggler, witch burning, last judgment, symbolism, sense of life, matter of life and death, grim reaper, black and white, demon, belief in god, middle ages (476-1453), meaning of life, virgin mary, black death, playing chess, death personified, death incarnate, life teacher, metaphysical, 14th century, seeking a god, relaxed, metaphysical drama, metaphysics, mysticism, kabbalah, spiritism, the virgin mary