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A Knight and his squire are home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they approach home, Death appears to the knight and tells him it is his time. The knight challenges Death to a chess game for his life. The Knight and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the plague has caused.
Returning home from the Crusades, Swedish knight Antonius Block and his squire Jöns find the land ravaged by the plague. Block finds that people everywhere are living in fear believing it is Gods punishment and that the end has come. Block has lost his faith and is looking for answers so when Death comes for him the knight challenges him to a game of chess. The countryside is bleak and many search for answers though none seem to be found. Block makes it to his home and believes he has the upper hand - but Death will have his way.
Max von Sydow
Antonius Block
Gunnar Björnstrand
Jöns, squire
Bengt Ekerot
Death
Nils Poppe
Jof
Bibi Andersson
Mia
Inga Gill
Lisa, Blacksmith's Wife
Maud Hansson
Witch
Inga Landgré
Karin, Block's Wife
Gunnel Lindblom
Girl
Bertil Anderberg
Raval
Anders Ek
The Monk
Åke Fridell
Blacksmith Plog
Gunnar Olsson
Albertus Pictor, Church Painter
Erik Strandmark
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Siv Aleros
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Sten Ardenstam
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