| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 11 |
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Criterion collection ; 11
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| Summary |
In medieval Sweden a knight returns from war only to find a ravaged homeland. He meets up with a group of travelling players and eventually confronts the embodiment of death with whom he engages in a game of chess for his life. The knight and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the plague has caused. DVD |
| Notes |
Originally released as a motion picture: Sweden : Svensk Filmindustri : c1957 |
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"The Classic Collection, a joint venture between Janus Films and Home Vision Cinema"--Container |
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Includes Audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie, Ingmar Bergman : an illustrated filmography, Theatrical trailer, Restoration demonstration |
| Credits |
Director and scenarist, Ingmar Bergman ; photography, Gunnar Fischer ; music, Erik Nordgren; producer, Allan Ekelund |
| Cast |
Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Max Von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Inga Gill, Maud Hansson, Inga Landgré, Gunnel Lindblom |
| Notes |
Dolby digital mono, multichannel, region 1 NTSC, DVD 9: dual layer single sided disc |
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Language options: Swedish, English ; subtitle options: English |
| Subject |
Plague -- Sweden -- History -- Drama.
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Feature films -- Sweden.
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Life and death, Power over -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Drama
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures, Swedish
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Bergman, Ingmar, 1918-2007.
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Sydow, Max von, 1929-
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Andersson, Bibi, 1935-
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Björnstrand, Gunnar, 1909-1986.
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Ekelund, Allan.
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Lindblom, Gunnel, 1931-
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Poppe, Nils.
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Ekerot, Bengt.
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Gill, Inga.
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Hansson, Maud, 1937-
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Landgré, Inga, 1927-
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Janus Films.
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Home Vision (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Classic Collection (Firm)
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Svensk filmindustri.
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| ISBN |
0780020952 |
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