剧情简介
故事发生在中世纪的欧洲，威武勇敢的十字军骑士布洛克（马克斯-冯-西多饰）刚刚结束了一场战争，他带着侍从凯旋而归。在归途中遇到了黑衣死神（本特-埃切罗特饰）。当时的欧洲经历了战争和瘟疫，布洛克疲惫不堪，对未来充满了疑问，甚至质疑生命的存在意义。布洛克带着这些疑问决定冒险和死神下一盘棋为赌局，如果他输了，甘愿让死神带走他。在下棋的过程中，布洛克继续自己的归程，他回顾了自己的一生，而途中的所见所闻让他明白了一个道理，什么才是人世间真正的幸福，人类生命的延续不是靠上天的法力，而是靠自己，人类自己孕育了生命，一代一代延续下去。布洛克明白了生命存在的真实意义，正想离开，却被死神拦住，要求他继续完成棋局，最终布洛克输了棋局，被死神带走，死神把他拖进一个“骷髅舞”的圆阵里。
"The Seventh Seal" is a drama, science fiction film in the early 20th century. The background of the story happened in the Middle Ages, when Locke of the Knights Department was preparing to return from the Eastern Expedition, the protagonist in the story, Locke, met the formidable opponent Reaper on the way. On the way back, he encountered a plague that was difficult to treat, and he also inevitably suffered from a terrible plague. Because of the untimely medicine, his illness was not treated in time He was cured, so he had to carry out the Eastern Expedition with difficulty and return. Under such circumstances, his heart was full of various doubts, and he began to think about what the meaning of life was, and what the essence of death could explain. After careful consideration of these issues, he decided to have a showdown with the God of Death, and to have a thorough contest with the God of Death. So he and Death decided to play a game of chess together. If he lost in this game, then Death could take him away as it should. But if he didn't die, it would be another ending.
