Can you name the movie this scene was taken from?
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Can you name the movie this scene was taken from?
Of course. It’s from the movie The Seventh Seal directed by the alas now departed Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Death’s opponent in the film was played by Max von Sydow. You can guess who won.
The film is The Seventh Seal, one of my very favorites.
My sister lived in San Francisco and raised a family about half a block from what was then the Surf Theater on Irving Street near Ocean Beach, a movie house specializing in classic film. When I was San Francisco State University, she would invite me to dinner at her place and I would take in the movie afterwards.
As an interesting coincidence, I first saw The Seventh Seal at the Surf on a day I spent reading Kierkegaard, without knowing how deeply Kierkegaard’s philosophy ran through the film.
It was a wonderful way to experience the film.
And today Ingmar Bergman died, 89 years old.
Does anyone know the moves being played in the game? Maybe in pgn format?
The moves were not recorded.
Black won.
You have a GREAT chess site Susan!! I love the GM games and trivia!Keep up the great work! Mike Tubbs-Lawton,Oklahoma
Is there anything you people don’t know??
I don’t know what color Death had – White or Black.
Seventh Seal, Ingmar Bergman
You can see here who play black:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyqg017aFrY&mode=related&search=