8.2 / 10
(3,018 votes)
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.
Sweden
Fantasy,
Drama
96 minutes
1957
Ingmar Bergman
SF Studios
$150,000
$311,212
1946
7.0
2021
0.0
1967
5.4
0.0
1993
5.3
1967
7.8
1968
7.0
1949
6.6
2004
6.4
1998
6.9
1942
6.8
2006
3.4
2014
3.3
2023
2.0
2000
7.0
1988
6.4
1997
6.0
2002
4.3
1990
4.0
2006
6.0