Legendary Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's masterpiece The Seventh Seal explores existentialism through the perspective of a 1400's Knight returning home from the crusade. On his way home he meets Death and challenges him to a game of chess because he 'once saw it in a picture.' Our Knight is referring to the iconic medieval Swedish painting Death Playing Chess, which inspired this film. And this film has inspired countless more stories about faith, death, and existence.

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