Other Titles • The Seventh Seal (1958) • Det Sjunde inseglet • Das Siebente Siegel (1962) • The Seven Seal • Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
Trivia from The Seventh Seal (1957)
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Theatrical release: February 16, 1957 (Sweden).
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Filmed on location at Östanå, Viby, Skevik, Gustafsberg, Skytteholm, and Hovs hallar (Sweden); and at Råsunda Studios.
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Winner of Special Jury Prize at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.
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Winner of the 1958 Grand Prix International du Film d'Avant-garde.
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Winner of 1959 Finnish Film Journalists Award.
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Awarded Nastro d'Argento (silver ribbon) for Best Director of a foreign film by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists in 1961.
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The film was based on Bergman's play TRÄMÅLNING ("Wood Painting").
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THE SEVENTH SEAL was shot in only 35 days, hence Bergman was often forced to rely on his film team's flexibility and improvisation. The famous iconographic closing scene of the film was spontaneously shot within a few minutes, using stand-ins for the actors (who had already left the set for the day), because Bergman was trying to capture a compelling cloud configuration in the evening sky.
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Nils Poppe, who had been a popular comedic stage actor in Sweden for many years, is seen here (at age 50) in his first dramatic role as Jof, the traveling player.
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