CriticCrunch has 2 Bengt Ekerot titles in its catalog, ranked by quality percentile. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Seventh Seal.
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.
Dir. Ingmar Bergman · With Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe
A traveling magician and his troupe arrive in a Swedish town in the 1840s, where their act is scrutinized by local authorities and a skeptical medical official. Their stay leads to a series of confrontations that test the boundaries between performance, belief, and deception.
Dir. Ingmar Bergman · With Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand
