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Phantom Carriage = Körkarlen
Title
Phantom Carriage = Körkarlen / Svensk filmindustri ; berättad i levande bilder under ledning av Victor Sjöström.
ISBN
9781604654745
1604654740
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Publication
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2011]
Copyright Notice Date
©2011
©1921
Physical Description
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, tinted color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 unnumbered pages ; illustrated ; 16 cm).
Notes
Based on the novel Körkarlen by Selma Lagerlöf.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1921.
Includes option of 2 musical scores by Matti Bye and KTL.
Special features: audio commentary by 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 Råsunda Studios where The phantom carriage was the inaugural production; 2 musical scores; plus: a booklet featuring an essay by screenwriter and filmmaker Paul Mayersberg.
Cinematographer, J. Julius (Julius Jaenzon).
Silent intertitles in Swedish with optional English subtitles; with two musical score choices.
Summary
The last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve is doomed to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year. So says the legend that drives the Phantom Carriage. The story concerns an alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well who is shown the error of his ways and the pure-of-heart Salvation Army sister who believes in his redemption.
Variant and related titles
Körkarlen
English title on container and disc label: Phantom carriage
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Swedish
Added to Catalog
March 21, 2019
Series
The Criterion collection ; 579
Credits
Cinematographer, J. Julius (Julius Jaenzon).
Cast
Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, Astrid Holm, Concordia Selander, Lisa Lundholm, Tor Weijden.
System details note
Blu-ray; region A; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; DTS-HD master audio stereo.
Videorecording number
CC2051BD Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Silent films - Sweden.
Fantasy films - Sweden.
Ghost films - Sweden.
Feature films - Sweden.
Motion pictures - Sweden.
Drama.
Fantasy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Ghost films.
Silent films.
Silent films.
Fantasy films.
Ghost films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Also listed under
KTL (Musical group), composer.
Svensk filmindustri, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor, publisher.
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