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Overview
Release Date:
4 June 1922 (USA) morePlot:
It's New Year's Eve. Three drunkards evoke a legend. The legend tells that the last person to die in a year... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
The greatest of the swedish silent movies moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Victor Sjöström | ... | David Holm | |
| Hilda Borgström | ... | 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 Ahrén | ... | Prison Chaplain | |
| Simon Lindstrand | ... | David's Companion | |
| Nils Elffors | ... | David's Companion | |
| Algot Gunnarsson | ... | Worker | |
| Hildur Lithman | ... | Worker's wife | |
| John Ekman | ... | Police constable |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
The Phantom CarriageThe Phantom Chariot
The Stroke of Midnight
Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
93 min | Germany:100 min | Sweden:107 min (16 fps) (2004 TV version)Country:
SwedenLanguage:
SwedishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
SilentFilming Locations:
Svensk Filmindustri, Filmstaden, Råsunda, Stockholms län, SwedenMOVIEmeter: 
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On 15 April 2005 the Norwegian heavy, psychedelic rock-band WE made a live soundtrack to the movie whilst screening it in the atrium at Studentersamfundet in Trondheim. They wore cloaks and the vocalist; Thomas Felberg sang/wailed the written passages in between scenes. moreQuotes:
David Holm: What can I do? What are the words, the prayer - the words?David Holm: [prays] A sinner whose lips are stained with wickedness, asks, beseeches - Oh, break me, crush me, only save these three innocent ones!
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Sjöströms masterpiece and a movie that captures the swedish soul . It also served as a great inspiration for Bergman; the similarites between Körkarlen and Smultronstället (with Sjöström in the leading role as Isak Borg) from 1957 is not a coincidence. Don't miss it for the world!