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The Influence of Religious Art

Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal:

Michelle Tvete

• Most famous Swedish director• One of the greatest of all times• Most Academy Awards (for

foreign director)• Over 60 films (features &

documentaries)• Worked over 6 decades• Stage director & screenwriter

Ingmar Bergman

• Woman’s director• Explores metaphysical issues• Themes/motifs: death,

mental & physical illness, love, religious faith, alienation

• Settings: bleak and stark using Swedish landscape

Ingmar Bergman

1966 Persona 1965/I Don Juan (TV movie) 1964 All These Women 1963 The Silence 1963 Winter Light 1961 Through a Glass Darkly 1960 The Devil's Eye 1960 The Virgin Spring

1958 The Magician 1957 Wild Strawberries 1957 The Seventh Seal 1955 Smiles of a Summer Night 1955 Dreams 1954 A Lesson in Love 1953 Sawdust and Tinsel

1952 Secrets of Women

Limited Filmography

The Seventh Seal

• Adapted from his play Wooden Painting

• Budget US $150,000• 35 Days• Won Jury Special Prize

(Cannes)

The Seventh Seal

The Seventh SealCAST

Max von Sydow – Antonius Block, knightBengt Ekerot – DeathGunnar Björnstrand – Jöns, squireNils Poppe – JofBibi Andersson – Mia, Jof's wifeÅke Fridell – Blacksmith PlogInga Gill – Lisa, blacksmith's wifeErik Strandmark – Jonas SkatBertil Anderberg – Raval, the thiefMaud Hansson – WitchInga Landgré – Karin, Block's wifeGunnar Olsson – Albertus Pictor, church painter

The Seventh SealCREW

Gunnar Fischer—CinematographyLennart Wallén—EditingErik Nordgren—MusicManne Lindholm—CostumingP.A. Lundgren—Production DesignAllan Ekelund—Producer

"And when the Lamb had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour" (Revelation 8:1).

Title-Silence of God

Religion & Art

Religion & Art

Albertus Pictor (Täby kyrka)

Michael Wolgemut “Dance of Death”(1493)

Bernt Notke's “Danse Macabre” (1460)

Notke’s “Lübecker Totentanz” (1463)

Dance of Death

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