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The film that gained ingmar bergman an international reputation, the seventh seal is an allout religious allegory addressing that mostcontemplated question, does god exist. Block comes home from many battles to find a plagueinfested homeland. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Life, death, and chess in ingmar bergmans the seventh. The seventh seal, considered by some to be ingmar bergmans greatest achievement. A film of visual scope, of imaginative concept, of powerful content, written and directed by ingmar bergman, twice honored by the interational jury at the cannes film festival 1956,1957.
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