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Körkarlen (Silent, Swedish intertitles, English subtitles)
Location
Main screening room
Date
July 14th, 2022
Duration
107 min
Cycle
The essentials

Making lists is an activity moviegoers are fond of. Every year, the same ritual: compilation of the ten best films, with comparative analyses, debates, heated discussions. But what about the ultimate list of the most outstanding films in the history of cinema? That is to say, those films that must be seen, those that have forever transformed the art of cinema, but also our way of seeing a culture, of understanding the world as well as our own lives? This program aims to tackle this challenge with nearly eighty films, produced between 1916 and 1960, while waiting for your lists!

At the piano : Guillaume Martineau

The Phantom Carriage
Directed by
Victor Sjöström
Language
Silent, Swedish Intertitles with English subtitles
Actors
Victor Sjöström, Tore Svennberg, Hilda Borgström
Origins
Sweden
Year
1921
Duration
107 min
Genre
Drama, Silent, Mystery
Format
Digital
Synopsis

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...

The Phantom Carriage

Victor Sjöström

Victor David Sjöström, sometimes known in the United States as Victor Seastrom, was a pioneering Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor. He began his career in Sweden, before moving to Hollywood in 1924. Sjöström worked primarily in the silent era; his best known films include 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 leading role in Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries (1957).

(Wikipedia)

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The Phantom Carriage by Victor Sjöström

The Phantom Carriage by Victor Sjöström

The Phantom Carriage by Victor Sjöström

The Phantom Carriage by Victor Sjöström

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