The Phantom Carriage (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts 16.2 extract: The Phantom Carriage (1921)

A spectacular, yet equally dark and sombre, masterpiece of early Swedish cinema, The Phantom Carriage has incredible aesthetics weighed in balance with the content of its narrative. 

This is essentially a more profound version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol with far more corrupt characters that face existential questions of a similar class, though, they asked with greater intensity, resulting in a far more impactful emotional resolution. In such, The Phantom Carriage poignantly explores the idea of retribution and death as a question of one's own life, goodness and worth. Added to this there are a plethora brilliant special effects, solidifying this as a mesmerising silent film. 

Certainly one for the film buffs, The Phantom Carriage is worthwhile watch and an undeniable masterpiece.