The Phantom Wagon

Year: 1939

Runtime: 93 mins

Language: French

Director: Julien Duvivier

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A French adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf’s well‑known story—most famously rendered by Victor Sjöström in 1921—centres on a destitute sinner who, only at the moment of his New Year’s Eve death, fully comprehends the misery he has caused, as Death arrives in a solemn carriage to claim him. The narrative unfolds with a bleak, introspective atmosphere, underscoring the inevitable reckoning.

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