Editing The Seventh Seal (section)

=== Film and television ===
[[File:DeathSeventhSeal.png|thumb|[[Bengt Ekerot]] as [[Personifications of death|Death]]]]
The representation of Death as a white-faced man who wears a dark cape and plays chess with mortals has been a popular object of parody in other films and television.

Several films and comedy sketches portray Death as playing games other than or in addition to chess. In the final scene of the 1968 film ''[[The Dove (1968 film)|De Düva]]'' (mock Swedish for "The Dove"), a 15-minute [[pastiche]] of Bergman's work generally and his ''[[Wild Strawberries (film)|Wild Strawberries]]'' in particular, the protagonist plays badminton against Death, and wins when the droppings of a passing dove strike Death in the eye. The photography imitates throughout the style of Bergman's cinematographers [[Sven Nykvist]] and [[Gunnar Fischer]].<ref>[http://www.slate.com/id/2171423/ Remembering De Düva (The Dove)], a 30 July 2007 ''Slate'' article</ref> The film is also parodied in ''[[Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey]]'' (1991), with the titular characters meeting Death and challenging him to several contemporary games.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-best-bill-ted-movie-is-the-one-that-took-them-on-1846416931 |last=Hassenger |first=Jesse |title=The best Bill & Ted movie is the one that took them on a Bogus Journey to hell and back |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=10 March 2021 |access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref>