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.
Stelle: Max von Sydow, Bengt Ekerot, Gunnar Björnstrand, Nils Poppe, Bibi Andersson, Inga Landgré
equipaggio: Erik Nordgren (Original Music Composer), Allan Ekelund (Producer), Ingmar Bergman (Screenplay), Ingmar Bergman (Director), Gunnar Fischer (Director of Photography), Lennart Wallén (Editor)
Nazione: Sweden
linguaggio: svenska
Studio: SF Studios
Durata: 96 minuti
Qualità: HD
Rilasciato: Feb 16, 1957
IMDb: 2.8
parole: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
