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Körkarlen (Criterion Collection)

Starring: Victor Sjostrom Director: Victor Sjostrom

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Run Time: 1 hours, 46 minutes
Released: September 27, 2011
Originally Released: 1920
Label: Criterion
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Note: Two scores, one by Swedish composer Matti Bye and the other by the experimental duo KTL

Audio commentary featuring 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 Crowie on the film's influence on Bergman
Footage of the construction of the Råsunda studio where the Phantom Carriage was the inaugural production
Plus: A booklet featuring an essay by screenwriter and filmmaker Paul Mayersberg

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Subtitles - English
Swedish

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Victor Sjostrom
Directed by		Victor Sjostrom
Screenwriting by		Victor Sjostrom
Screenplay by		Victor Sjostrom
Director of Photography:		Julius Jaenzon

Entertainment Reviews:

Sight and Sound - 12/01/2011
"A classic from the rise of Swedish cinema in the early 1920s....It's a roiling, vivid piece of work..."

Product Description:

Also known as THY SOUL SHALL BEAR WITNESS, THE PHANTOM CHARIOT was the most famous of Swedish director Victor Sjöstrom's pre-Hollywood films. Based on a novel by Selma Lagerlöf, the film is predicated on an ancient Scandanavian legend. It is said that each year, on St. Sylvester's Night (New Year's Eve), a phantom chariot materializes to carry off the souls of those who have sinned. On one such occasion, David Holm (played by Sjöstrom) is forced to recall his past misdeeds, especially his brutal treatment of his wife. Holm's only hope for salvation lies in his performing a spectacular act of selflessness. As the chariot approaches, Holm despairs: how can he possibly be redeemed before the clock strikes twelve' Sjöstrom's masterful direction is superbly complemented by Julius Jaenzon's multi-exposure cinematography. When artists like Victor Sjöstrom and Mauritz Stiller were lured away by Hollywood, their exodus very nearly brought the wrath of "THE PHANTOM CHARIOT" on the entire Swedish film industry.

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Sales Rank: 82,410
UPC: 715515086110
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