The Phantom Carriage

1921 [SWEDISH]

Action / Drama / Fantasy / Horror

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 16 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 89% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 8.0/10 10 15612 15.6K

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Director

Victor Sjöström Photo
Victor Sjöström

Top cast

Helga Brofeldt Photo
Helga Brofeldt as Waitress
John Ekman Photo
John Ekman as Police Constable
Anna-Lisa Baude Photo
Anna-Lisa Baude as Salvation Army Soldier
Edvin Adolphson Photo
Edvin Adolphson as Man at the Inn
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989.27 MB
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No linguistic content 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
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1.99 GB
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No linguistic content 5.1
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23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Sergeant_Tibbs 8 / 10

Impenetrable iconography and concepts.

It's undeniable that The Phantom Carriage's influence precedes itself. From its iconography of the grim reaper, it's Christmas Carol-esque tale of repentance, to echoes of Jack Nicholson chopping down the door in The Shining. If The Phantom Carriage is known for anything, it's for being Ingmar Bergman's source of inspiration for what his films would later muse upon. He would later recruit director and star Victor Sjostrom to lead on of his most acclaimed films Wild Strawberries. Of course, we already know how profound these concepts are nearly 100 years later and their importance is still imbedded in the film. It's fascinating to watch inventive techniques of translucence portrayed on screen too, though admittedly the prior year's Caligari is more impressive. Its real problem is undisciplined structure and its resulting poor pacing, but these are archaic issues of silent cinema that required a few years of trial and error. Nevertheless, the atmosphere is palpable, the ideas are timeless and it oozes with passion from Sjostrom, if not as nightmare worthy as the next year's Nosferatu.8/10
Reviewed by Boba_Fett1138 9 / 10

Death comes to town.

Not as well known as the English, American, German and French cinema, though cinema from Sweden from the '20's was also quite good, interesting and revolutionary.This is a movie that is made great by its story. The story is told in 'A Christmas Carol' kind of way, in which the death himself confronts the deceased with his past, present and what could have been. It's of course a story that concentrates on morals and it does this very well. The message comes across as very powerful and effective. This is of course also definitely due to the effective directing from the father of Swedish cinema; Victor Sjöström.The story is based on the novel by other Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. The story is adapted by Victor Sjöström himself, who perhaps should had taken out a few more elements, to let the story and movie flow better. It perhaps takes a bit too long before the movie starts to take form and the story gets clear but when the movie does take form and pace it becomes a really wonderful one.The movie does not only have a great story, it also is a good looking one. The movie uses some early and effective effects and uses some different color filters to create the right mood and to indicate what it past, present and 'future'.Sjöström did not only wrote and directed this movie, he also plays the main character. Of course the acting in the movie is over-the-top at times, by todays standards but not as bad as in for instance early German movies was the case. And after all, this movie is more about its story and morals than it is about the acting, so it really doesn't matter much, or distracts.A really great and effective underrated silent-movie classic from Sweden.9/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
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