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The Phantom Carriage (Criterion Collection)

The Phantom Carriage (Criterion Collection)

Tartan Video (1921)
Blu-ray
NR (Not Rated)
715515086011
Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Science Fiction | Silent
Sweden | Swedish | Black & White | 01:33

An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year.


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Victor Sjöström David Holm
Hilda Borgstrom Anna Holm - David Holms fru
Tore Svennberg Georges - Davids vän
Astrid Holm Syster Edit - Slumsyster
Concordia Selander Edits mor
Lisa Lundholm Syster Maria - Slumsyster
Tor Weijden Gustafsson - Frälsningssoldat
Einar Axelsson Davids yngre bror
Olof Ås Den första körkarlen
Nils Aréhn Fängelsepredikanten
Simon Lindstrand Davids supkamrat på kyrkogården (1)
Nils Elffors Davids supkamrat på kyrkogården (2)
Algot Gunnarsson En arbetare på krogen
Hildur Lithman Arbetarhustrun på krogen
Josua Bengtson Ena kortspelaren
Emmy Albiin Kvinna med lungsot
Helga Brofeldt Servitris på krogen (1)
Mona Geijer-Falkner Servitris på krogen (2)
Signe Wirff Servitris på krogen (3)
Anna-Lisa Baude Frälsningssoldat med gitarr i sångkören
Arthur Natorp Frälsningssoldat vid välkomstmötet
Carl Harald En man med skägg och vegamössa på krogen
Fridolf Rhudin Ung Man (1)
Elof Ahrle Ung Man (3)
Julia Cæsar Ung Man (2)

Trailer

Edition details

Edition Special Edition
Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 1
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks SIL [English]
Distributor Criterion
Edition Release Date Sep 27, 2011
Regions Region 1 | Region A

Personal

Watched
Quantity 1
Index 2209
Added Date Feb 22, 2019 21:28:48
Modified Date Jun 12, 2022 00:34:55

Notes

Bought with Beth as gift for my birthday, at Barnes and Nobel 2/22/19


SPECIAL FEATURES
New digital restoration, done in collaboration with the Archival Film Collections of the Swedish Film Institute
Two scores, one by Swedish composer Matti Bye and the other by the experimental duo KTL (Stephen O’Malley and Peter Rehberg)
Audio commentary featuring film historian Casper Tybjerg
Interview with Ingmar Bergman, excerpted from the 1981 documentary Victor Sjöström: A Portrait, by Gösta Werner
The Bergman Connection, an original visual essay by film historian and Bergman scholar Peter Cowie on the film’s influence on Bergman
Footage of the construction of the Råsunda studio where The Phantom Carriage was the inaugural production
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by screenwriter and filmmaker Paul Mayersberg
New cover by Christopher Brian King

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