The Phantom Carriage

The Phantom Carriage

1921 · 107 min · SV · NR · 7.8 (270 votes)
Dir. Victor Sjöström · Starring Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, Astrid Holm, Concordia Selander, Lisa Lundholm
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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, that picks up the souls of the dead.

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A chilling, spectral vision of mortality and regret unfolds on New Year's Eve. This silent masterpiece uses stark visuals and a haunting narrative to explore the weight of sin and the faint possibility of salvation.

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