The Phantom Carriage is a 1921 Swedish silent film directed by and starring Victor Sjostrom, adapted from a novel by Selma Lagerlof, telling the story of a dying, dissolute man confronted on New Year's Eve by the driver of a spectral carriage that collects the souls of the dead. The film is noted for its complex flashback structure and for double exposure special effects used to render the ghostly carriage and its passengers, technically ambitious for its time. It was a formative influence on the young Ingmar Bergman, who screened it regularly throughout his life, and it is widely regarded as one of the major achievements of Swedish silent cinema.
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1921 01 01
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Sweden
The Phantom Carriage, Description, original language
The Phantom Carriage is a 1921 Swedish silent film directed by and starring Victor Sjostrom, adapted from a novel by Selma Lagerlof, telling the story of a dying, dissolute man confronted on New Year's Eve by the driver of a spectral carriage that collects the souls of the dead.
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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.
Created By: Victor Sjöström, Article lead sentence
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.
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