The Seventh Seal anchors Bergman's 1957 international breakthrough

Cannes records The Seventh Seal winning the 1957 Special Jury Prize, while SFI frames 1957 as a landmark year in Bergman's international breakthrough.

Tier: B
Confidence: B
Bias risk: Medium
Kind: culture
Date: 1957

Festival de Cannes records The Seventh Seal as a 1957 competition feature by Ingmar Bergman and winner of the Special Jury Prize, ex-aequo.

SFI frames 1957 as a landmark year in Bergman’s career, with The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries becoming substantially larger international successes than his lighter early-1950s comedies.

Sources

Festival de Cannes - Det sjunde insegletTier A
Svenska Filminstitutet - Det sjunde insegletTier B