A knight comes back to Sweden from the Crusades very disillusioned. He has realized that the great goal or plan for his life had been a lie, he has begun to question the power and even existence of God and, to really make things worse, he comes back to Sweden during the height of the black death (plague).
Indeed, death comes to take him, but he delays his capture by playing a game of chess with the grim reaper. During this game of chess he tries to answer some nagging questions and looks for the opportunity to do something truly meaningful.
This is the film which made Bergman and Max von Sydow hugely famous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbgiWPJLSsM
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