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'''''The Seventh Seal''''' is a [[film]] directed by [[Ingmar Bergman]], most notable for the scene in which a [[knight]] (played by [[Max von Sydow]]) plays [[chess]] with the [[personification]] of [[Death (fictional character)|Death]]. |
'''''The Seventh Seal''''' is a [[film]] directed by [[Ingmar Bergman]], most notable for the scene in which a medieval [[knight]] (played by [[Max von Sydow]]) plays [[chess]] with the [[personification]] of [[Death (fictional character)|Death]], with his life resting on the outcome of the game. |
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The title is a reference to the passage from the [[Book of Revelation]] used at the start of the film, beginning with the words "And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour". |
The title is a reference to the passage from the [[Book of Revelation]] used at the start of the film, beginning with the words "And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour". |
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== Parodies of ''The Seventh Seal'' == |
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The concept of playing games with Death has been used (and spoofed) many times since Bergman's movie. [[Woody Allen]] made a short film that deliberately spoofed this famous movie scene, in which a young couple challenge Death to a game of [[badminton]]. |
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Revision as of 21:32, 16 February 2003
The Seventh Seal is a film directed by Ingmar Bergman, most notable for the scene in which a medieval knight (played by Max von Sydow) plays chess with the personification of Death, with his life resting on the outcome of the game.
The title is a reference to the passage from the Book of Revelation used at the start of the film, beginning with the words "And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour".
Parodies of The Seventh Seal
The concept of playing games with Death has been used (and spoofed) many times since Bergman's movie. Woody Allen made a short film that deliberately spoofed this famous movie scene, in which a young couple challenge Death to a game of badminton.