The Seventh Seal1957

[Death arrives at the knight's castle.]

Block:
Out of the darkness we call to thee, O Lord! Oh, God, have mercy on us! We are small and afraid and without knowledge!

Jöns:
In the darkness where you say you are, there is none to listen to your lament. You are reflected in your own indifference.

Block:
God, you who are somewhere, who must be somewhere, have mercy on us!

Jöns:
I could have purged your worries about eternity, but now it's too late. But feel, to the very end, the triumph of being alive!

Karin:
Quiet, quiet!

Jöns:
Yes, but under protest.

[Jöns's housekeeping girl approaches Death, kneels, and smiles up at him.]

Girl:
It is finished.