Born in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden — Feb 08 1920• Died Nov 26 1971

Nils Bengt Folke Ekerot was a Swedish actor and director. He had several important roles in Swedish films, but he became immortalized in 1957 when he starred in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, portraying Death as a white-faced man in a black cloak, an archetype that has influenced the representation of Death in countless instances in film and other media since then. All in all Bengt Ekerot appeared in 35 feature films and directed 7 from 1940 to 1968. "He was wrestled with the conditions of his hunger. He cried over his violent appetite. The demons d…
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Death

Johan Spegel

Bengt

Lille-Jonas

German patient

Erik Jonsson


A student

Johan Erikson

Birger Olsson

Anton Haraldsson

Åke Kronström


Allan Axelson

John


Max

Byberg

Policeman/Social Worker/Guard

Hamlet

"Paniken"

Student

Dick, freedom fighter

Directing

Stig

Lennart


Eriksson

Erik

Fred Hummerberg

Linus Tallhagen

radio man (voice) (uncredited)

Directing

Directing

Sven Törring

Sam Persson

The neighbour

Student at art school (uncredited)

Narrator (voice)