For those of you wondering why the dialogue excerpt differs from the subtitles in the clip, here is part of a correspondence I had with Janus Films and Criterion Collection that offers an explanation: Dear Janus Films, I have discovered what I believe is a significant issue with the English translation of The Seventh Seal. The scene where Antonius Block the Knight first meets Death seems to be mistranslated. And it is so mistranslated that the dialogue means the opposite in English. And since this scene is crucial to understanding the film and the motivation of Antonius Block (not to mention one of the most famous scenes in cinema history) I think it's worth an extra look. First, in the trailer hosted on the Criterion Collection's The Seventh Seal page here: http://www.criterion.com/films/173-the-seventh-seal ,where the voice-over says that Antonius Block asks for “proof”, what he actually asks for is “uppskov” which translates to “postponement” or “reprieve”. In the actual scene the translation of Death's dialogue line is “But I grant no reprieves.” Why is this significant? You see, the dialogue where Death asks Antonius Block if he's “prepared” is also mistranslated in the subtitles. The answer Antonius Block gives him in the English subtitles is “My flesh is afraid, but I am not.” The Swedish word for “prepared” or “ready” is “beredd” which rhymes exactly with “r?dd”, the Swedish word for “afraid.” Max von Sydow says the line really fast so it is easily misheard as “r?dd” instead of “beredd.” So, the correct translation should be: Death: “Are you ready?” Antonius Block: “My body is ready, but I am not.”, which is the opposite of “My flesh is afraid, but I am not.” This is a significant error since this scene is meant to illustrate that mentally he is not ready to die and that is the VERY REASON he challenges Death to a game of chess, believing he can postpone the inevitable. The English translation as shown in the subtitles makes no sense, really. His flesh is afraid? His body is tired from being at war for many years. Therefore, his body is ready to give up but his mind is not. I haven't been able to reference the original script. The closest thing to it is an excerpt from the script in the archives at the official Ingmar Bergman Foundation website here: http://ingmarbergman.se/production/det-sjunde-inseglet-2338#!citat-30 Which does confirm my theory. Here is the excerpt (in Swedish): Döden: Är du beredd??Antonius Block: Min kropp är beredd, inte jag själv. I have seen this film many times, but since I am fluent in Swedish I've never watched it with subtitles, until I watched the Criterion Blu-Ray edition. I have the book “Four Screenplays of Ingmar Bergman” published by Simon & Schuster with a copyright date of 1960, and it has the same mistranslation. Could it really be that this error has followed this film for over fifty years?