The Phantom Carriage
1921 · Movie · NR · 108 min · ★ 7.8 · 95% critics
On New Year’s Eve, a cruel, self-destructive drunk hears a chilling legend: whoever dies last before midnight must drive a ghostly carriage for the next year, gathering the newly dead. When fate puts that superstition uncomfortably close, he’s forced to confront the damage he’s done and the chance to change.
Based on Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!
Also known as The Stroke of Midnight · Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness
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Details
- Original title
- Körkarlen
- Years
- 1921
- Release date
- 1921-01-01
- Language
- Swedish
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.8/10 (363 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a dark, atmospheric morality tale about guilt and redemption with eerie supernatural visuals; Not for you if you dislike silent films, heavy melodrama, or slower, flashback-driven storytelling.
Pros: haunting supernatural premise; striking ghostly imagery; meaningful moral themes | Cons: preachy melodrama; slow pacing at times; confusing flashback structure
Themes
- new year's eve
- based on novel or book
- fight
- poison
- cemetery
- phantom
- flashback
- consumerism
- dying wish
- alcoholic
- death
- silent film
- +8 more
Cast & crew
Victor Sjöström
as David Holm
Hilda Borgström
as Mrs. Holm
Tore Svennberg
as Georges
Astrid Holm
as Sister Edit
Concordia Selander
as Edit's Mother
- LL
Lisa Lundholm
as Sister Maria
Tor Weijden
as Gustafsson
Einar Axelsson
as David's Brother
Olof Ås
as Driver
Nils Aréhn
as Prison Chaplain
Directed by Victor Sjöström