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Phantom Carriage (The) AKA Körkarlen AKA Stroke of Midnight (The) (1921)
It's New Year's Eve. Three drunkards evoke a legend. The legend tells that the last person to die in a year, if he is a great sinner, will have to drive during the whole year the Phantom Chariot, the one that picks up the souls of the dead...Director: Victor Sjöström
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness (English translation of the source novel)
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Subtitles:English Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (live theatre organ score by Blaine Gale)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Heavily compressed and unrestored 24fps transfers on a single-layer DVD-R.
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Extras:Only surviving fragment of 1916's "Dödskyssen" (with piano score by Matti Bye) (32:50)
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Subtitles:German (optional) for Swedish Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (orchestral score by Elena Kats-Chernin)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The short has optional German subtitles for Swedish Intertitles.
Includes a 12 page booklet. -
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Extras:"The Shooting of Wild Strawberries" 1957 behind-the-scenes footage by Ingmar Bergman, with Swedish or English narration (17:19)
"The Construction of Råsunda film studio" 1920 behind-the-scenes footage (5:06)
Interview with Ingmar Bergman, excerpted from the 1981 documentary "Victor Sjöström - ett porträtt" by Gösta Werner (29:01)
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Subtitles:English, German, French, Portuguese, Spanish (optional) for Swedish Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.37:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 5.1 (orchestral music score by Matti Bye)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a 12-page illustrated bilingual booklet in Swedish and English.
All extras have scores by Matti Bye and optional English subtitles. Also in the 6-DVD Svenska Stumfilmsklassiker box set. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
KTL Edition (4 scenes featuring the KTL compaosed score) (5:57)
DISC TWO
"The Image Makers" Swedish TV drama about the making of The Phantom Carriage (in Swedish w/ optional English subtitles) (99:50) -
Subtitles:English (optional) for Swedish Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (orchestral score by Matti Bye)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a 4 page booklet with an essay by film historian David Thompson.
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Subtitles:English (optional) for Swedish Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music LPCM 2.0 Stereo (score by KTL)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a leaflet with Introduction to the film and score by the Brothers Quay.
Issued in a numbered limited edition of 2000 with a tri-fold sleeve insert and spine slip designed by Stephen O’Malley of KTL. Later reissued in a standard sleeve. -
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OVERALL: Draw
The Swedish release has the 16fps restored transfer with exclusive extras and a 5.1 score.
The UK 2 Disc Set has the 16fps restored transfer with a TV movie, but the score in 2.0 stereo. Note the UK single disc has the same restoration with a different score.
The US release has two versions of the film, but uses unrestored sped-up transfers.
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CUTS:
- R0 Special Edition America- Grapevine Video - No cuts, contains the original Swedish release at 24 fps (74 mins) and the US release "The Stroke of Midnight" at 24fps (74 mins)
- R0 Germany- Absolut Medien - Yes - 1995 transfer of an incomplete Swedish print at 18fps (89:44 PAL).
- R2 Sweden- Svenska Filminstitutet - No cuts - 1998 restored Swedish version at 16fps (107:17 PAL).
- R2 2 Disc Set United Kingdom- Tartan Video - No cuts - 1998 photochemical restoration of the Swedish version at 16fps (107:21 PAL).
- R2 KTL Edition United Kingdom- Tartan Video - No cuts - 1998 photochemical restoration of the Swedish version at 16fps (106:32 PAL).
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Comparison added by Oliver_Wicks on 02/10/11
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 09/02/19UPDATE LOG:
02/01/2010: Initial Releases.
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09/02/19: Added Germany, Sweden, updated US, UK x2, capsaholic.
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