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Budget: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Drama / Fantasy /  more » Awards: 7 wins & 1 nomination  more » User Ratings: 8.3 (68,608 votes)  more »   Also rated #119 in the Top 250 Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: A man seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.  more »

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Filmmakers: Ingmar Bergman - Director / Writer (play "Trämålning") (screenplay), Allan Ekelund - Producer, Gunnar Fischer - Cinematographer, Erik Nordgren - Composer, P.A. Lundgren - Production Designer, Lennart Wallén - Editor  more »

Complete credited cast (view more cast)		STARmeter™
	Gunnar Björnstrand ... Jöns, squire	25,649
	Bengt Ekerot ... Death	27,497
	Nils Poppe ... Jof/Joseph	74,611
	Max von Sydow ... Antonius Block	2,753
	Bibi Andersson ... Mia/Mary - Jof's wife	11,820