Körkarlen
AKA La charrette fantôme (The Phantom Chariot) in France; Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness and The Phantom Carriage in the United Kingdom; The Stroke of Midnight in the USA : [The Phantom Coach]
(1920) Swedish
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Victor Sjöström Victor Sjostrom Victor Seastrom

Cast: Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Astrid Holm, Tore Svennborg, Concordia Selander, Lisa Lundholm, Tor Weijden, Einar Axelsson, Olof As, Nils Aréhn, Simon Lindstrand, John Ekman

Svensk Filmindustri production. / Scenario by Victor Sjöström, from the novel Körkarlen by Selma Lagerlöf. Cinematography by Julius Jaenzon. Art direction by Alexander Bakó and Axel Esbensen. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The film was released (starring and directed by “Victor Seastrom”) in the USA as The Stroke of Midnight by Metro Pictures Corporation on 26 July 1922.

Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: Flashbacks

Listing updated: 15 November 2004.

References: Bardèche-History pp. xiii, 58, 178, 179, 180, 187, 301; Bohn-Light p. xxi; Cowie-Swedish-2 pp. 13, 14-15, 151; Everson-American p. 323; Forslund-Sjöström p. 278; Limbacher-Feature p. 188; McIlroy-Sweden pp. 5, 8-9, 15, 23, 86, 166; Sherwood-Best p. 189; Shipman-Cinema p. 75; Sinyard-Silent p. 156.