No man can live faced with Death, knowing everything's nothingness.

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No man can live faced with Death, knowing everything's nothingness.

In the original Swedish

Ingen människa kan leva med Döden för ögonen och vetskapen om alltings intighet.

Antonius Block

The Seventh Seal · 1957

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Topic

Facing death Fear of death Death Oblivion

Genre

Fantasy drama (film)Drama (film)Fantasy drama Drama

Medium

Film

Time

1957

Person

Antonius Block

Provenance

Citation

Det sjunde inseglet [The Seventh Seal]. Directed by Ingmar Bergman, Svensk Filmindustri, 1957.

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