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.
Rated NR | Length 96 minutes
Max von Sydow | Gunnar Björnstrand | Bengt Ekerot | Bibi Andersson | Nils Poppe | Inga Gill | Maud Hansson | Inga Landgré | Gunnel Lindblom | Bertil Anderberg | Anders Ek | Åke Fridell | Gunnar Olsson | Erik Strandmark | Mona Malm | Gösta Prüzelius | Gudrun Brost | Ulf Johanson | Lars Lind | Tor Isedal | Tor Borong | Sten Ardenstam | Georg Skarstedt | Benkt-Åke Benktsson | Lennart Tollén | Catherine Berg | Harry Asklund | Tommy Karlsson | Josef Norman | Fritjof Tall | Lena Bergman | Gordon Löwenadler | Nils Whiten | Gunlög Hagberg | Uno Larsson | Ragnar Sörman | Lennart Lilja | Lars Granberg | Caya Wickström | Helge Sjökvist | Monica Lindman | Gun Hammargren | Bengt Gillberg | Siv Aleros | Karl Widh | Marc Smith