Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Swedish
- Country
- Sweden
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Swedish — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- witch
- dying and death
- blacksmith
- chess
- countryside
- allegory
- crusade
- artist
- juggler
- witch burning
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Bibi Andersson — Mia
- Inga Gill — Lisa
- Maud Hansson — Witch
- Inga Landgré — Karin
- Gunnel Lindblom — Mute Girl
- Bertil Anderberg — Raval
- Anders Ek — Monk
- Åke Fridell — Plog
- Gunnar Olsson — Albertus Pictor
- Erik Strandmark — Jonas Skat
- Lars Lind — Young Monk (uncredited)
- Directed
- Ingmar Bergman
- Written
- Ingmar Bergman
Production
- Studio
- SF Studios
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
