The Phantom Carriage
(1921)
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The Phantom Carriage
(1921)
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Hilda Borgström | ... | |
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Tore Svennberg | ... | |
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Astrid Holm | ... | |
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Concordia Selander | ... | |
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Lisa Lundholm | ... | |
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Tor Weijden | ... | |
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Einar Axelsson | ... |
David's Brother
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Olof Ås | ... |
Driver
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Nils Aréhn | ... |
Prison Chaplain
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Simon Lindstrand | ... |
David's Companion
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Nils Elffors | ... |
David's Companion
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Algot Gunnarsson | ... |
Worker
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Hildur Lithman | ... |
Worker's wife
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John Ekman | ... |
Police constable
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It's New Year's Eve. Three drunkards evoke a legend. The legend tells that the last person to die in a year, if he is a great sinner, will have to drive during the whole year the Phantom Chariot, the one that picks up the souls of the dead... David Holm, one of the three drunkards, dies at the last stroke of midnight... Written by Yepok
The best silent movie I've ever seen. It's so harrowing and perfectly describes the feelings I've had about death, life, love and especially hope. It's optimistic ending makes it even stronger. I cried when I saw this movie the first time, which was the day after my grandfather's death.
He once told me this was the first movie he ever saw, in a cinema, to which there was a 10 kilometers walk in the snow. The cinema used to be so crowded the humidity got so high the walls were completely wet. Naturally I had a lot in mind that day. It wasn't the first time I saw the movie, but the first time I experienced it's meaning completely. I've never seen any silent film like this and that it's silent actually makes it scarier.