Körkarlen

The Phantom Carriage

1921 107 min. Sweden Victor Sjöström

Camera Obscura 1921, 100 Years Ago

Director
Victor Sjöström

Screenplay
Victor Sjöström

Cinematography
Julius Jaenzon

Producer
Charles Magnusson

Production
Svensk Filmindustri [se]

Cast
Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, Astrid Holm, Concordia Selander, Lisa Lundholm

Synopsis
On New Year's Eve, three drunkards remember an old story about a ghost carriage that picks up the souls of the dead. If a great sinner is the last person to die before midnight, he will be forced to drive it for a year. One of them passes away as the last bell rings…

Format
File, B&W

World Sales-Distribution
Svenska Filminstitutet (SF Studios)

Filmography
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:

1928 THE WIND
1924 HE WHO GETS SNAPPED
1921 KÖRKARLEN / THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE
1918 BERG-EJVIND OCH HANS HUSTRU / THE OUTLAW AND HIS WIFE
1917 TERJE VIGEN / A MAN THERE WAS

Notes
With electronic music composed, adapted and performed for the occasion by the musician and composer Jonay Armas (Las Palmas de G.C.)

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