Contracts with Death, German style?

May 19, 2011 11:23 PM

Help me find this relatively recent German film about an old man who tricks his way out of a contract with Death.

Other bits: Death has a horse that he talks to but later trades in the horse for a steam-driven tractor car thing, much to the horse's disapproval.

The old man has a deal where he can die when he wants to; Death drops by regularly to try to convince him now is a good time. It's an old story, apparently, but a film was made about it fairly recently.

It's in German and quite likely never made it to the U.S.

Thanks!

posted by small_ruminant to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

Sounds a lot like The Seventh Seal. It is, however, Swedish, there's no tractor, and it's not recent, but it's possible someone attempted a remake in the last few years. You should watch The Seventh Seal anyway, though, just because it's great.
posted by phunniemee at 11:53 PM on May 19, 2011

Brandner Kaspar, and it's awesome.
posted by dhoe at 11:59 PM on May 19, 2011

That's it! Thanks!
posted by small_ruminant at 10:04 AM on May 20, 2011