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Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) More at IMDb Pro »

References

Strada, La (1954)
 -  juggler's performance

Referenced in

Incubus (1965)
"Saturday Night Live: Christopher Lee/Meat Loaf (#3.15)" (1978)
 -  Referenced by Mr. Death
Excalibur (1981)
 -  As noted by John Boorman, the scene where Sir Percevel approached the dead and dessicated knight during the Grail Quest is a reference to this movie.
Diner (1982)
The Seventh Sign (1988)
Die Hard (1988)
City Slickers (1991)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (#4.21)" (1991)
 -  "Not since the chess playing scene in The Seventh Seal!"
Last Action Hero (1993)
The Making of '...And God Spoke' (1993)
 -  The character of the director-of-photography states that he uses the same light filter that Bergman used in "The Seventh Seal."
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Skydivers (#7.9)" (1994)
 -  Servo: Hey, you guys have Death coming up to play chess with you?
"Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood" (1995)
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Seal of Approval (1997)
Ingmar Bergman: Om liv och arbete (1998) (TV)
 -  mentioned once
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Killed by Death (#2.18)" (1998)
 -  Referenced in the dialogue: "Ooo, if he asks you to play chess, don't even do it. The guy's, like, a whiz."
I'm Losing You (1998)
Still Crazy (1998)
Oitavo Selo, O (1999)
American Movie (1999)
Tomten är far till alla barnen (1999)
 -  One of the characters mentions that he "is not afraid of Death" the way Max von Sydow's character said it.
Mr. Murakami's Garden (1999)
The Independent (2000)
 -  Morty's VD film features the protagonist playing chess with embodied disease, who wears a hood and all that.
Road Trip (2000)
Me Without You (2001)
 -  This Movie is indicated and paraphrased in a conversation about Ingmar Bergman
The Tunnel (2001)
Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (2002) (TV)
The Lumiere Report (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
 -  Max von Sydow meets cloaked death (Tom Cruise)
"Mission Hill: Planet 9 from Mission Hill (or I Married a Gay Man from Outer Space) (#1.13)" (2002)
 -  When the film appears at the art house theatre on the screen
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
 -  mentioned in documentary
Cookie Jar (2003)
 -  In the end the children run off into the night like the characters running over the hill in Bergman's film.
Processen (2003)
Torremolinos 73 (2003)
Scorsese on Scorsese (2004) (TV)
 -  mentioned once
Mavet (2005)
 -  The chess game between the two characters to the life or death.
Homestarrunner.com: Everything Else, Volume 1 (2005) (V)
 -  In "Experimental Film", Strong Sad meeting the Grim Reaper via split screens is a reference to this Ingmar Bergman film.
Never Sleep Again: The Making of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (2006) (V)
 -  Title referenced.
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
 -  When Keillor, et al look over their shoulders at the "Dangerous Woman" as she enters the diner, it mirrors Death's entrance in "The Seventh Seal"
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006)
 -  "you watched 'The Seventh Seal' stoned"
Pieces (2007)
 -  Chess Scene
Crossing Criminal Cultures (2007) (V)
 -  mentioned once
Watching the Detectives (2007)
 -  Mentioned in dialogue between Neil and Denise.

Featured in

Giovanni Falcone (1993)
Last Action Hero (1993)
Stjärnbilder (1995)
Sladke sanje (2001)
 -  screening at local cinema
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002) (TV)
Dot the I (2003)
 -  Two characters are watching the film on TV
Torremolinos 73 (2003)
 -  Main characters watch this film at TV
The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV)
 -  Shown during the In Memoriam tribute (Ingmar Bergman)

Spoofed in

Woton's Wake (1962)
 -  Chess game on beach
De Düva: The Dove (1968)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Love and Death (1975)
Animalympics (1980)
 -  The Scandinavian horse works with an "Ingmar Birdman," a spoof on Bergman, director of the film; in addition, the horse is dressed as Death playing chess with a knight, a Seventh Seal reference.
The Meaning of Life (1983)
"The Young Ones: Nasty (#2.3)" (1984)
 -  The opening scene sees a man play chess with the grim reaper and win, the grim reaper then gets mad, the end sees the scene reprised with them playing mini-golf. It spoofs this film where a man plays chess with the grim reaper.
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
"Animaniacs: Meatballs or Consequences/A Moving Experience (#1.19)" (1993)
 -  The Warner Bros. play checkers with the grim reaper to try and win Wakko's soul back (he wants to play chess but they don't know how).
Yrrol (1994)
Svarta filmen, Den (1995)
Juedi fanji (1997)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 5th Anniversary Special (1998) (TV)
 -  Spoofed in segment 'directed by Ingmar Bergman'
The Auteur Theory (1999)
The Independent (2000)
 -  Jerry Stiller portrays a b-movie director and one of his earliest films is an army training film about VD. It is a direct spoof of Det Sjunde inseglet, complete with the death character playing chess with a herpes victim.
Pól serio (2001)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special (2003) (TV)
 -  Max Von Sydow and Death are parodied in a Swedish language black & white sketch, with Conan seeking the meaning of life.

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