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.

• DirectorIngmar Bergman
• Release16 February 1957
• Genre
  Fantasy / Drama
• Duration1h 36m
• Budget$150,000
• Revenue$311,212
• Rate
  

  8.182
  3145 reviews
• Productions

  SF Studios