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In French with English subtitles. Also known as
The Phantom Wagon.
Previously filmed in Sweden by Victor Sjostrom in 1921, Selma Lagerloff's haunting fable
The Death Cart was remade in 1940 by
Julien Duvivier as
La Charette Fantôme. According to Scandinavian legend, whoever dies on the stroke of midnight on the last day of the year (St. Sylvester's Night) must assume the duties of the "phantom charioteer," collecting souls for the next 365 days.
Pierre Fresnay stars as a boorish lout who is forced to relive the events of the past year -- and to find spiritual salvation -- as the death chariot approaches.
Louis Jouvet co-stars as Fresnay's best friend, the most recent candidate for the "honor" of driving the phantom cart.
