A man seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.
The main character's name, Antonius Block, is only ever spoken twice in the entire movie.
Jöns:
Between a scarlet woman's knees, a man like me can take his ease.
When Death cuts down the tree that Jonas Skat, the actor, climbed up into, the stump moves as it falls.
Swedish, Latin