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The Seventh Seal

Name: The Seventh Seal
Genre: Fiction
Released: 1957-02-16
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 8.1

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195796 minSVIMDb 8.1/10 · 218K votes

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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REPRESENTED HISTORY

1347 → 1353

Primary placement confidence: high. Importance on the World History timeline: 4/5.

Historical relation: Period Setting
Historical accuracy: 3/5
Periods: 1
Events: 1
People: 0
Places: 1

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The Black DeathPandemic, fear and cultural response in fourteenth-century Europe, 1347–c. 1381→

Historical periods1

CrusadesAssociated · War Period

A series of religiously framed military expeditions, principally involving Latin Christian powers and the eastern Mediterranean, extending from the late eleventh through the late thirteenth century.

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Black DeathPrimary Subject · Pandemic

The second plague pandemic’s catastrophic first wave in Europe, which reached Scandinavia around 1350 and caused extensive mortality and social and religious upheaval.

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Places1

SwedenPrimary Setting · Country

The principal setting of the film, represented as a medieval Christian kingdom confronted by the Black Death.

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