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The Phantom Carriage: The Criterion Collection DVD

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The Phantom Carriage: The Criterion Collection DVD

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  • Technical Specs
  • Format: DVD
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Run Time: 106 Minutes
  • Region: 1 Region?
  • Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
  • Language: Swedish
  • Studio: Criterion Collection
  • DVD Release Date: September 27, 2011
  • Packaging: Keep Case
  • Subtitles: English, Swedish
  • Audio: SWEDISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
  • Color: Color
  • Includes:
    Audio Commentary Featuring Film Historian Casper Tybjerg
    Interview With Ingmar Bergman
    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 the Rasunda Studio Where The Phantom Carriage was the Inaugural Production
    Booklet Featuring an Essay by Screenwriter and Filmmaker Paul Mayersberg
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 (Körkarlen), directed by the father of Swedish cinema, Victor Sjöström (The Wind), about an alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well (Sjöström himself) who is shown the error of his ways and the pure-of-heart Salvation Army sister who believes in his redemption. Based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf, this extraordinarily rich and innovative silent classic (which inspired Ingmar Bergman to make movies) is a Dickensian ghost story and a deeply moving morality tale, as well as a showcase for groundbreaking special effects.
 
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