The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Körkarlen
"Do the Dead Come Back? Can Your Soul Leave Your Body...And Return Again?"
ThumbScore
👍 90%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 100%
(RT: 100%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Victor Sjöström as David Holm
Hilda Borgström as Mrs. Holm
Tore Svennberg as Georges
Astrid Holm as Sister Edit
Concordia Selander as Edit's Mother
Lisa Lundholm as Sister Maria
Tor Weijden as Gustafsson
Einar Axelsson as David's Brother
Is The Phantom Carriage good?
Yes. 90% audience score, estimated from 379 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 100%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
Overview
An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year. Wikipedia ↗
