A Knight and his squire are home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they approach home, Death appears to the knight and tells him it is his time. The knight challenges Death to a chess game 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.
AMAZON.COM REVIEWS FOR SJUNDE INSEGLET, DET (1957):
AWARDS FOR SJUNDE INSEGLET, DET (1957):
- Cannes Film Festival
1957
Won
Jury Special Prize
Ingmar Bergman
Tied with Kanal (1957).
Nominated
Golden Palm
Ingmar Bergman
- Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
1962
Won
CEC Award
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Pelнcula Extranjera)
Sweden.
- Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1961
Won
Silver Ribbon
Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Ingmar Bergman