1921 · drama · fantasy · supernatural
The Phantom Carriage
Directed by Victor Sjöström1h 48m1921
An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year.
Our read: The Phantom Carriage (1921) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive drama · fantasy · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / fantasy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- inventive
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