The Phantom Carriage

1921 · 106 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 14,861 VOTES · DIR. Victor Sjöström

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 276 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:09 The Phantom Carriage
00:03:46 "Please don't! My daughter was yours as long as she had a spark of life."
00:11:01 The evenlng on which these events took place was not an ordinary one.
00:17:45 "There is an old, old cart..."
00:24:19 at the stroke of midnight
00:31:09 "You ought to lift me up ln your cart and take me to the hospital."
00:36:32 "But before you leave
00:40:20 how it feels to have brought great misery upon a loved one."
00:44:23 to let me come home
00:46:04 to last New Year's Eve
00:52:06 "Dear Jesus, let our first guest be blessed with a happy year."
00:58:28 "And l wanted to find out
00:59:48 "You cannot avold
01:04:30 "You see that i'm not afraid of you."
01:06:06 to make him mend his ways
01:13:49 in the hope of finlshlng them off."
01:17:36 "l am the one David Holm is looking for."
01:19:47 and we can talk again."
01:24:02 for she has had ill health
01:31:20 "You must grant me grace! l cannot die yet!"
01:36:30 "l'm sorry, but l must go away, and l cannot leave them behind."
01:39:32 "l'm a poor, miserable sinner
01:43:08 "You're lying! Sister Maria told me you refused to go to her."

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed276
Dialogue density2.6 lines / min
First line00:00:09
Final line01:43:08

Production Record

DirectorVictor Sjöström
LanguageSwedish
IMDb votes14,861