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The Phantom Carriage
1921
· Movie
· 107 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Every rating
76–89
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is AlloCiné on 76, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 89.
See the most agreed on films →According to a legend, the last person to die each year must drive Death's chariot, collecting the souls of the deceased for the next twelve months. A drunken, abusive man dies at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve and is forced to become the new driver. He is shown the consequences of his wasted life and the suffering he caused, forced to confront his own legacy of cruelty and neglect.
Details
- Director
- Victor Sjöström
- Writer
- Victor Sjöström
- Based on
- Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! by Selma Lagerlöf
- Studio
- SF Studios
- Released
- 1 January 1921
- Country
- Sweden
- Language
- None, Swedish
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- NR
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