The Phantom Wagon

The Phantom Wagon

93 mins | Drama, Fantasy | Sept. 7, 1939

French version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom, about a poor sinner who only realizes what misery he's wrought when he dies on New Year's Eve and is collected by Death in his carriage.

The Phantom Wagon

93 mins | Drama, Fantasy | Sept. 7, 1939

The Phantom Wagon
French version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom, about a poor sinner who only realizes what misery he's wrought when he dies on New Year's Eve and is collected by Death in his carriage.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Transcontinental Films S.A.
Original title La Charrette fantôme
Directors Julien Duvivier
Writers Julien Duvivier, Alexandre Arnoux

Cast

Pierre Fresnay

as David Holm

Micheline Francey

as soeur Edith

Louis Jouvet

as Georges

Valentine Tessier

as la capitaine Anderson

Pierre Palau

as Monsieur Benoît

Marie Bell

as sœur Maria

Henri Nassiet

as Gustave

René Génin

as Le père Éternel

Robert Le Vigan

as Le père Martin

Jean Mercanton

as Pierre Holm

Ariane Borg

as Suzanne

Madame Lherbay

as la vieille qui meurt

Mila Parély

as Anna

Marie-Hélène Dasté

as la prostituée

Andrée Mery

as la vieille repentie

Joffre

as Le gardien de la prison

Philippe Richard

as Le patron du cabaret

Georges Mauloy

as Le pasteur

Marcel Pérès

as Un consommateur

Marguerite de Morlaye

as La riche bourgeoise

Georges Douking

as Un ivrogne

Édouard Francomme

as L'homme au cabaret

Alexandre Rignault

as Le géant

Jean Claudio

as Un enfant

Jean Buquet

as Un enfant

Michel François

as Le fils de David Holm

Suzanne Morlot

as Une salutiste

Jean Parédès

as Un salutiste

Sylvain

as Un salutiste

Génia Vaury

as Une salutiste

Eugène Yvernès

as Un salutiste