Packet 6: Tossup 6

The actor best known for playing this character directed the world premiere of Long Day’s Journey into Night. Early in the film, (15[1])this character says “appropriate, don’t you think?” after pointing to a character’s (15[1])left hand. Addressing this character, a man introduces himself as a smith and asks his wife to curtsy. This character (15[1])tells a man his “contract” is “annulled” in a scene that ends with a squirrel crawling on the stump of a (15[1])tree this character cut down with a saw. (15[1])This (15[1])character’s final lines are (15[1])“I have no (-5[1])(*) secrets” and “I am unknowing.” (10[1])Upon seeing this character, a woman who had been mute throughout the film falls to her knees and utters, “it is finished.” (10[1]-5[2])At the end of the film, an actor has a vision of this hooded character (10[1])leading (10[1])a dance up a mountain. (10[3])For 10 points, what character plays chess against a knight in Ingmar Bergman’s (10[1])The Seventh Seal? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Death [or Döden; reject “Lucifer” or “Satan”] (Bengt Ekerot played the character.)
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Superpower %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2025 Absolute Cinema - Canada2025-11-082100%0%50%0%84.50
2025 Absolute Cinema - Chicago Open2025-11-085100%0%20%0%124.80
2025 Absolute Cinema - Minnesota2025-11-082100%0%50%50%94.00
2025 Absolute Cinema - Online (1)2025-11-083100%0%67%33%98.33
2025 Absolute Cinema - Online (2)2025-11-165100%0%40%20%101.80