THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957) - (The Criterion Collection - #11) [2 DVD9] [2009]

Disillusioned and exhausted after a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight (Max von Sydow) encounters Death on a desolate beach and challenges him to a fateful game of chess. Much studied, imitated, even parodied, but never outdone, Bergman’s stunning allegory of man’s search for meaning, The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet), was one of the benchmark foreign imports of America’s 1950s art-house heyday, pushing cinema’s boundaries and ushering in a new era of moviegoing.







MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Ingmar Bergman
COUNTRY: Sweden
YEAR: 1957

CAST:
Max von Sydow
Gunnar Björnstrand
Bengt Ekerot
Nils Poppe
Bibi Andersson
Inga Gill
Gunnel Lindblom
Maud Hansson

CREDITS:
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay: Ingmar Bergman
Cinematography: Gunnar Fischer
Costume design: Manne Lindholm
Sound: Evald Andersson, Lennart Wallin, Aaby Wedin
Editing: Lennart Wallén
Original Music: Erik Nordgren, Sixten Ehrling


DVD:
DVD RELEASE: June 16, 2009
STUDIO: Criterion
CATALOG: 11
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.33:1
COLOR: Black and White
AUDIO: Swedish Dolby Digital Mono
SUBTITLES: English
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 96 minutes

EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Fab + Ultra ISO
DVD: 2 Full Dual-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: .ISO Image
FILE SIZE: Disc 1: 6.66 GB, Disc 2: 6.46 GB



Disc Features

* New, restored high-definition digital transfer (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* Introduction by Ingmar Bergman, recorded in 2003
* Audio commentary by Bergman expert Peter Cowie, with a new afterword
* Bergman Island (2006), an 83-minute documentary on Bergman by Marie Nyreröd, featuring in-depth and revealing interviews with the director
* Archival audio interview with Max von Sydow
* A 1989 tribute to Bergman by filmmaker Woody Allen
* Theatrical trailer
* Bergman 101, a selected video filmography tracing Bergman’s career, narrated by Cowie
* Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
* New and improved English subtitle translation
* PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Gary Giddins





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