"zardoz" ends in a wordless sequence of images accompanied by the sombre second movement (allegretto) of beethoven's seventh symphony, snatches of which are heard throughout the film. consuella, having fallen in love with zed, gives birth to a baby boy within the remains of the giant stone head. in matching green suits, they sit with the boy standing between them, who matures as they age in a series of fades. the youth leaves his parents, who take hands and grow very old, eventually decomposing into skeletons and finally vanishing. nothing remains in the space but painted hand-prints on the wall and zed's webley-fosbery revolver.