The Phantom Carriage
A pioneer in cinema history and a founding figure of Swedish cinema, Victor Sjöström excelled both as a filmmaker and an actor, directing masterpieces in his native Scandinavia as well as in Hollywood. This three-month program presents a selection of his greatest silent films, all accompanied by live piano, along with some of his most significant contributions to Swedish cinema as an actor.
Accompanied on the piano by Chantale Morin
Three drunks evoke the legend according to which the last dead person of the year, if in a state of sin, will have to drive until the next year the ghost cart, which collects the souls of the dead. One of them dies at the stroke of midnight...
Victor Sjöström
Victor Sjöström was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is regarded as both a founding father of the Swedish school and a pioneer of cinematic art. Sjöström began his career in Sweden before moving to Hollywood in 1924. He worked primarily during the silent era, with some of his most renowned films including The Phantom Carriage (1921), He Who Gets Slapped (1924), and The Wind (1928). Sjöström was Sweden's most prominent director in the "Golden Age of Silent Film" in Europe. Later in life, he played the lead role in Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries (1957).
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