The story of a challenge to death.
Release date: 1957
Rating 8.1
(209k)1h 36m
The story of a challenge to death.
2/16/1957
NR8.1/10
(209,471 votes)1h 36m
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...