Max von Sydow in The Seventh Seal (1957) Remembering the legendary Swedish actor Max von Sydow,whose face once stared into Death’s eyes on a lonely beach — and played chess. Directed by Ingmar Bergman, The Seventh Seal wasn’t just cinema. It was a confrontation with silence, mortality, and meaning itself.A knight. A question. A black-and-white masterpiece that still haunts the soul. Max didn’t just act — he carved eternity into film. | History of Cinema