![]() ![]() But if Death wins, Antonius must accept the fact that he is to die. If Antonius wins the game, Death cannot take him. Having an understanding that death is inevitable, but at the same time wanting to delay it a while longer, Antonius asks Death to play a game of chess with him. He informs Antonius that he was walking alongside him during all of his time at war, but now is the appropriate time for him to die. Death asks Antonius if he is ready to go with him. Antonius is watching the sun set over the ocean, and after a time, notices Death watching him. We first see Death on the beach at the very beginning of the film, after Antonius and his squire, Jöns (Gunnar Björnstrand), have returned to their native Sweden from fighting in the Crusades. Can the personification of death really be considered a villain? Or, is the personification of death the most relevant villain of all? In Ingmar Bergman’s iconic film The Seventh Seal (1957), Death (Bengt Ekerot) is the ultimate adversary against which each of the characters resist particularly the knight Antonius Block, played by Max von Sydow. ![]()
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