The Phantom Carriage (1939 film)

(Redirected from The Phantom Wagon)

The Phantom Carriage or The Phantom Wagon (French: La charrette fantôme) is a 1939 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Pierre Fresnay, Marie Bell and Micheline Francey. It is based on the novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! by Selma Lagerlöf, which had previously been adapted into the 1921 Swedish silent film The Phantom Carriage by Victor Sjöström.[1]

The Phantom Carriage
Directed byJulien Duvivier
Screenplay by
Based onThy Soul Shall Bear Witness!
1912 novel
by Selma Lagerlöf
Produced byPaul Graetz
Starring
CinematographyJules Kruger
Edited byJean Feyte
Music byJacques Ibert
Production
company
Transcontinental Films
Distributed bySociété Anonyme Universal-Film
Release date
  • 8 September 1939 (1939-09-08)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. It was due to be screened at the first Cannes Film Festival scheduled for September 1939, but cancelled due to the outbreak of the Second World War.

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p.908

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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