Los Angeles, CA : Janus Films and Voyager Press, 1987.
Format:
Video
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 12 in.
Note:
Swedish dialogue, English subtitles.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1956.
A foreign film (Sweden).
Laser optical CAV.
Includes special features: Audio essay by Peter Cowie; illustrated and annotated filmography of Ingmar Berman, including excerpts from Wild strawberries and The Magician.
Production Credits:
Photographer, Gunnar Fischer ; music, Erik Nordgren.
Participant:
Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson.
Summary:
A medieval knight returning from the Crusades encounters Death and plays a chess game with him, with his life and soul as the stakes.