The Phantom Wagon (1939)
1h 33m
Running Time
September 7, 1939Release Date
The Phantom Wagon (1939)
1h 33m
Running Time
September 7, 1939Release Date
Plot.
French version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom, about a poor sinner who only realizes what misery he's wrought when he dies on New Year's Eve and is collected by Death in his carriage.
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Cast & Crew.
Pierre Fresnay
David Holm
Marie Bell
Soeur Maria
Micheline Francey
Soeur Édith
Valentine Tessier
la capitaine Anderson
Louis Jouvet
Georges
Jean Mercanton
Pierre Holm
Ariane Borg
Suzanne
Henri Nassiet
Gustave
Alexandre Rignault
Le géant
Robert Le Vigan
Le père Martin
Pierre Palau
Monsieur Benoît
Palau
Monsieur Benoît
René Génin
Le père Éternel
Madame Lherbay
la vieille qui meurt
Julien Duvivier
Director
Mila Parély
Anna
Selma Lagerlöf
Writer
Marie-Hélène Dasté
la prostituée
Alexandre Arnoux
Writer
Andrée Mery
la vieille repentie
Jacques Ibert
Composer
Jean Joffre
Le gardien de la prison
Philippe Richard
Le patron du cabaret
Jules Kruger
Cinematographer
Georges Mauloy
Le pasteur
Jean Feyte
Editor
Marcel Pérès
Un consommateur
Marguerite de Morlaye
La riche bourgeoise
Jacques Krauss
ProductionDesigner
Georges Douking
Un ivrogne
Édouard Francomme
L'homme au cabaret
Jean Claudio
Un enfant
Jean Buquet
Un enfant
Michel François
Le fils de David Holm
Suzanne Morlot
Une salutiste
Jean Parédès
Un salutiste
Sylvain
Un salutiste
Génia Vaury
Une salutiste
Eugène Yvernès
Un salutiste
Paul Graetz
Executive Producer
Jean Lévy-Strauss
Production Director
G. Derveaux
Music Director
Marcel Chabrier
Frédéric O'Brady
Lucy Kieffer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 7, 1939
Original NameLa Charrette fantôme
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 33m
Genres
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Wiki.
The Phantom Carriage or The Phantom Wagon (French: La charrette fantôme) is a 1939 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Pierre Fresnay, Marie Bell and Micheline Francey. It is based on the novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! by Selma Lagerlöf, which had previously been adapted into the 1921 Swedish silent film The Phantom Carriage by Victor Sjöström.It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. It was due to be screened at the first Cannes Film Festival scheduled for September 1939, but cancelled due to the outbreak of the Second World War.