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The Phantom Carriage (Criterion Collection)

The Phantom Carriage (Criterion Collection)

Tartan Video (1921)
Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Science Fiction | Silent
Sweden | Swedish | Black & White | 01:33
Special Edition
Blu-ray
NR (Not Rated)
715515086011
| 1 disc
Region 1 | Region A
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An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year.


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Victor Sjöström David Holm
Hilda Borgstrom Mrs. Holm
Tore Svennberg Georges
Astrid Holm Edit
Concordia Selander Edit's Mother
Lisa Lundholm Maria
Tor Weijden Gustafsson
Einar Axelsson David's Brother
Olof Ås Driver
Nils Aréhn Prison Chaplain
Simon Lindstrand David's Companion
Nils Elffors David's Companion
Algot Gunnarsson Worker
Hildur Lithman Worker's Wife
John Ekman Police Constable
Edvin Adolphson Man at the Inn
Elof Ahrle Young Man
Emmy Albiin Tuberculosis Patient
Anna-Lisa Baude Salvation Army Soldier
Josua Bengtson Gambler
Helga Brofeldt Waitress
Julia Cæsar
Mona Geijer-Falkner Waitress
Carl Harald Man at the Inn
Arthur Natorp Salvation Army Soldier

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Added Date Feb 22, 2019 21:28:48
Modified Date Jun 12, 2022 00:34:55

Edition details

Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks SIL [English]
Distributor Criterion
Edition Release Date Sep 27, 2011

Notes

Bought with Beth as gift for my birthday, at Barnes and Nobel 2/22/19


SPECIAL FEATURES
New digital restoration, done in collaboration with the Archival Film Collections of the Swedish Film Institute
Two scores, one by Swedish composer Matti Bye and the other by the experimental duo KTL (Stephen O’Malley and Peter Rehberg)
Audio commentary featuring film historian Casper Tybjerg
Interview with Ingmar Bergman, excerpted from the 1981 documentary Victor Sjöström: A Portrait, by Gösta Werner
The Bergman Connection, an original visual essay by film historian and Bergman scholar Peter Cowie on the film’s influence on Bergman
Footage of the construction of the Råsunda studio where The Phantom Carriage was the inaugural production
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by screenwriter and filmmaker Paul Mayersberg
New cover by Christopher Brian King

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