from Svensk Filmindustri
Directed by
Ingmar Bergman
Starring
Gunnar Björnstrand ...Jöns
Bengt Ekerot ...Death
Nils Poppe ...Jof
Max von Sydow ...Antonius Block
Bibi Andersson ...Mia
Inga Gill ...Lisa
Maud Hansson ...Tyan the Witch
Inga Landgré ...Block's Wife
Gunnel Lindblom ...Girl
Bertil Anderberg ...Raval
Anders Ek ...The Monk
Åke Fridell ...Blacksmith Plog
Gunnar Olsson ...Church Painter
Erik Strandmark ...Jonas Skat
Lars Granberg ...Flagellant
Harry Asklund ...The landlord
Tor Isedal ...Man
Ulf Johansson ...Knight commander
Tommy Karlsson ...Mikael, Jof and Maria's son
Uno Larsson ...Flagellant
Lennart Lilja ...Flagellant
Lars Lind ...The young monk
Gordon Löwenadler ...Knight
Josef Norman ...Old man at the inn
Benkt-Åke Benktsson ...Merchant at the inn
Gösta Prüzelius ...Man
Helge Sjökvist ...Flagellant
Georg Skarstedt ...Flagellant
Ragnar Sörman ...Flagellant
Fritjof Tall ...Man
Lennart Tollén ...Flagellant
Tor Borong ...Farmer at the inn
Nils Whiten ...Old man addressed by the monk
Karl Widh ...Man with crutches
Sten Ardenstam ...Knight
Bengt Gillberg ...Flagellant
Mona Malm ...Young pregnant woman
Catherine Berg ...Young woman kneeling for the flagellants
Lena Bergman ...Young woman kneeling for the flagellants
Caya Wickström ...Flagellant
Gudrun Brost ...Woman at inn
Siv Aleros ...Flagellant
Gunlög Hagberg ...Flagellant
Gun Hammargren ...Flagellant
Monica Lindman ...Flagellant
Written by
Ingmar Bergman (also play Trämålning) |
 Bergman's
best known, highly symbolic, allegorical masterpiece. In the
middle of plague-ridden 14th-century Europe, Death and a war-weary
knight play a game of chess. Between moves, the knight ponders
life's great truths, while a wandering troupe of performers arrive.
Although despair reigns in the dying city, the actors remain
as a flicker of hope -- and it is they who receive special dispensation
from the cruel fate that befalls all else.
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