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"Weird, Mysterious, Thrilling Drama of a Human Life, and a Savage Lost Soul. Based Upon an Actual Experience."
The Phantom CarriageYou know, David, if I could send a message to mankind, I would send th — The Phantom Carriage
"You know, David, if I could send a message to mankind, I would send them a New Years greeting. I would like them to dwell on a single New Years prayer: Lord, please let my soul come to maturity before it is reaped."
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The Phantom Carriage is a 1921 Swedish silent film directed by and starring Victor Sjöström, based on the 1912 novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! (Körkarlen) by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. In the film, Sjöström plays a drunkard named David Holm who, on the night of New Year's Eve, is compelled by the ghostly driver of Death's carriage to reflect on his past mistakes. Alongside Sjöström, the fil
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"I want to be good, but no one believes me. Is it any wonder I cry?"
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"There is an old, old carriage... It is no ordinary driver who holds the reigns, for hes in the service of a strict master named Death. For him, a single night is as long as 100 years on Earth. Night and day he must carry out his masters business."
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"Remember that its New Years Eve, the last day of the year! Whoever dies on this eve must drive Deaths carriage."
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"Though horse and carriage are always the same, the driver is not. The last soul to die each year - the one who passes over at the stroke of midnight - is destined to be Deaths driver for the following year."
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"[to Death] You see that Im not afraid of you. I will gladly heed your summons, but grant me a days reprieve, for there is someone I must talk sense into."
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