On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.
Edvin Adolphson
- Man at the Inn
- (uncredited)
Elof Ahrle
- Young Man
- (uncredited)
Emmy Albiin
- Tuberculosis Patient
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaCharles Chaplin stated this was the best film ever made.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Mrs. Holm: I can't help crying too. I won't be truly happy until all my sorrow is drained.
David Holm: Lord, please let my soul come to maturity before it is reaped.
- Alternate versionsThere is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA srl, "THE WIND - IL VENTO (1928) + THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE (Il carretto fantasma, 1921)" (2 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Ved den danske films vugge (1941)
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Revisited this movie recently.
The Phantom Carriage acted and directed by Victor Sjostrom is a masterpiece on a technical level.
It is a supernatural tale about sins, guilt and redemption.
The story is about David, a despicable drunkard, who doesn't mind spreading his pathogens on other people's faces. In fact he even tells others to do so. In search of her wife who ran away from him while he was in prison, David seeks shelter in a homeless shelter run by the Salvation Army Mission. Ther he is given a bed to sleep n inspite of being rude to sister Edith, she mends his jacket n in doing so she contracts his disease. One year has passed n the dying sister has one last wish, to speak to David, while our drunkard is sitting in a cemetery telling his two drinking buddies about his old friend Georges, who told him about the legend that the last person to die each year has to drive Death's carriage and collect the souls of everybody who dies the following year......
Of course the story is preachy, melodramatic n too simple but aft two years from the date of this review this film will be hundread years old. Apart from the solid direction n acting, the effects are brilliant. The ghostly illusion, the long shots of the carriage set against a vast dark landscape, the narrative structure with flashbacks within flashbacks, all this makes it a masterpiece considering it was made in 1921. God bless the fellas at the Criterion Collection.
The story is about David, a despicable drunkard, who doesn't mind spreading his pathogens on other people's faces. In fact he even tells others to do so. In search of her wife who ran away from him while he was in prison, David seeks shelter in a homeless shelter run by the Salvation Army Mission. Ther he is given a bed to sleep n inspite of being rude to sister Edith, she mends his jacket n in doing so she contracts his disease. One year has passed n the dying sister has one last wish, to speak to David, while our drunkard is sitting in a cemetery telling his two drinking buddies about his old friend Georges, who told him about the legend that the last person to die each year has to drive Death's carriage and collect the souls of everybody who dies the following year......
Of course the story is preachy, melodramatic n too simple but aft two years from the date of this review this film will be hundread years old. Apart from the solid direction n acting, the effects are brilliant. The ghostly illusion, the long shots of the carriage set against a vast dark landscape, the narrative structure with flashbacks within flashbacks, all this makes it a masterpiece considering it was made in 1921. God bless the fellas at the Criterion Collection.
- Fella_shibby
- Feb 12, 2019
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- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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