The Seventh Seal

The Seventh Seal is a 1957 film with Gunnar Björnstrand and Bengt Ekerot. See the storyline, runtime (96 minutes) and complete cast list on 123movies. 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.