Max von Sydow
Series
Criterion collection volume 796
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Director-approved special edition.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (393 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet.
Language
Swedish
Description
A monumental mid-nineteenth century epic that charts, over the course of two films, a poor Swedish farming family's voyage to America and their efforts to put down roots in this beautiful but forbidding new world. Includes bonus disc with special features.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Swedish
Description
In medieval Sweden a knight returns from war only to find a ravaged homeland. He meets up with a group of travelling players and eventually confronts the embodiment of death with whom he engages in a game of chess 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.