8.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.6
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central focus on universal existential questions, the search for meaning, and the inevitability of death transcends specific political ideologies, leading to a neutral rating. It explores the human condition and individual struggles with faith and doubt rather than advocating for a particular political stance or societal solution.
The film features a cast that is entirely traditional, reflecting its historical setting without any intentional diversity in casting. Its narrative focuses on existential and philosophical themes, and does not engage with or critique traditional identities or incorporate DEI themes.
Secondary
The film deeply explores the human struggle for faith and meaning within a Christian framework, sympathizing with the knight's existential quest. While it critiques the hypocrisy and fear-mongering of religious institutions and fanaticism, it ultimately affirms the dignity of the search for God and finds solace in simple human virtues like love and hope, which are implicitly aligned with core Christian values.
Ingmar Bergman's 'The Seventh Seal' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes. The narrative centers on existential and religious inquiries within a medieval setting, with all depicted relationships being heterosexual. Therefore, the film has no discernible impact on the portrayal of LGBTQ+ identities.
The Seventh Seal, a medieval allegory, does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on existential and religious questions during the Black Plague, without engaging with gender identity beyond cisgender norms of its historical setting.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Seventh Seal is an original screenplay by Ingmar Bergman. Its characters were created for this film, meaning there were no pre-existing canonical or historical versions with established genders to be swapped.
The Seventh Seal is an original screenplay by Ingmar Bergman, not an adaptation of pre-existing material with established character races or a biopic of historical figures. All characters originated with this film, thus no race swap occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.1
8.2
Critic Ratings
9.3
8.8
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