The Phantom Carriage (1921)
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
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Cast & Crew.
Victor Sjöström
David Holm / Director / Writer
Hilda Borgström
Mrs. Holm
Tore Svennberg
Georges
Astrid Holm
Sister Edit
Concordia Selander
Edit's Mother
Lisa Lundholm
Sister Maria
Tor Weijden
Gustafsson
Einar Axelsson
David's Brother
Olof Ås
Driver
Nils Aréhn
Prison Chaplain
Simon Lindstrand
David's Companion
Nils Elffors
David's Companion
Algot Gunnarsson
Worker
Hildur Lithman
Worker's Wife
John Ekman
Police Constable
Edvin Adolphson
Man at the Inn (uncredited)
Elof Ahrle
Salvation Army Meeting Attendee (uncredited)
Emmy Albiin
Tuberculosis Patient (uncredited)
Anna-Lisa Baude
Salvation Army Soldier (uncredited)
Josua Bengtson
Gambler (uncredited)
Helga Brofeldt
Waitress (uncredited)
Julia Cæsar
(uncredited)
Mona Geijer-Falkner
Waitress (uncredited)
Carl Harald
Man at the Inn (uncredited)
Arthur Natorp
Salvation Army Soldier (uncredited)
Fridolf Rhudin
Young Man (uncredited)
Signe Wirff
Waitress (uncredited)
Charles Magnusson
Producer
Selma Lagerlöf
Novel
Julius Jaenzon
Director of Photography
Alexander Bako
Art Direction
Axel Esbensen
Art Direction
Arthur Engborg
Assistant Director
Carl-Axel Söderström
Assistant Camera
Eric Westberg
Music Arranger
Eugen Hellmann
Negative Cutter
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1921
Original NameKörkarlen
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 46m
Content RatingNR
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This Movie Is About.
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The Phantom Carriage (Swedish: Körkarlen, literally "The Wagoner") is a 1921 Swedish silent film directed by and starring Victor Sjöström, based on the 1912 novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! (Körkarlen) by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. In the film, Sjöström plays a drunkard named David Holm who, on the night of New Year's Eve, is compelled by the ghostly driver of Death's carriage to reflect on his past mistakes. Alongside Sjöström, the film's cast includes Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, and Astrid Holm.
The Phantom Carriage was released in Scandinavia on New Year's Day 1921. The following year, Metro Pictures Corporation re-edited and released the film in the United States under the title The Stroke of Midnight; it was known as Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! in the United Kingdom.
The Phantom Carriage is notable for its special effects, its innovative narrative structure with flashbacks within flashbacks, and for having been a major influence on the works of Ingmar Bergman. It has been characterized as belonging to several genres—it has been called a morality tale, a melodrama, a fantasy film, and a horror film. It is sometimes considered one of the first horror films due to its atmosphere and its impact on later entries in the genre. The film is generally considered to be one of the central works in the history of Swedish cinema.