The Phantom Wagon (1939)
La charrette fantôme (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 33min
- Drama, Fantasy
- 27 May 1940 (USA)
- Movie
A nun suffering from TB is desperately trying to save an alcoholic tramp and to bring him back to his wife and kids.He has a friend who died last year and became the coachman of the "Ghost Wagon" .
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Pierre Fresnay | ... |
David Holm
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Marie Bell | ... |
Soeur Maria
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Micheline Francey | ... |
Soeur Édith
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Louis Jouvet | ... |
Georges
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Jean Mercanton | ... |
Pierre Holm
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Ariane Borg | ... |
Suzanne
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Alexandre Rignault | ... |
Le géant
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Robert Le Vigan | ... |
Le père Martin
(as Le Vigan)
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Palau | ... |
Monsieur Benoît
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René Génin | ... |
Le père Éternel
(as Genin)
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Marie-Hélène Dasté | ... |
La prostituée
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Philippe Richard | ... |
Le patron du cabaret
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Georges Mauloy | ... |
Le pasteur
(as Mauloy)
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Joffre | ... |
Le gardien de la prison
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Marcel Pérès | ... |
Un consommateur
(as Peres)
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Jean Claudio | ... |
Un enfant
(as Claudio)
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Andrée Méry | ... |
La vieille repentie
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Mila Parély | ... |
Anna
(as Mila Parely)
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Henri Nassiet | ... |
Gustave
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Valentine Tessier | ... |
La capitaine Anderson
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Jean Buquet | ... |
Un enfant (uncredited)
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Marcel Chabrier | ... |
(uncredited)
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Marguerite de Morlaye | ... |
La riche bourgeoise (uncredited)
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Georges Douking | ... |
Un ivrogne (uncredited)
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Édouard Francomme | ... |
L'homme au cabaret (uncredited)
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Michel François | ... |
Le fils de David Holm (uncredited)
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Lucy Kieffer | ... |
(uncredited)
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Mme Lherbay | ... |
La vieille dame qui meurt (uncredited)
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Suzanne Morlot | ... |
Une salutiste (uncredited)
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Frédéric O'Brady | ... |
(uncredited)
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Jean Parédès | ... |
Un salutiste (uncredited)
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Sylvain | ... |
Un salutiste (uncredited)
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Génia Vaury | ... |
Une salutiste (uncredited)
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Eugène Yvernès | ... |
Un salutiste (uncredited)
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Directed by
Julien Duvivier |
Written by
Selma Lagerlöf | ... | (novel "Körkarlen") |
Julien Duvivier | ... | (screenplay) |
Alexandre Arnoux | ... | (dialogue) |
Produced by
Paul Graetz | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
Jacques Ibert |
Cinematography by
Jules Kruger | ... | (as J. Kruger) |
Editing by
L. Bognar | ||
Jean Feyte |
Production Design by
Jacques Krauss | ||
André Trébuchet | ... | (as Trebuchet) |
Makeup Department
Vladimir Tourjanski | ... | makeup artist (as Tourjansky) |
Production Management
Louis de Masure | ... | unit manager (as De Masure) |
Klein | ... | unit manager |
Jean Lévy-Strauss | ... | production manager (as Jean Levy-Strauss) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pierre Duvivier | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
Marcel Courmes | ... | sound engineer |
Camera and Electrical Department
Lucien Joulin | ... | camera operator |
Henri Pecqueux | ... | still photographer |
Music Department
Georges Derveaux | ... | conductor (as G. Derveaux) |
Script and Continuity Department
Madeleine Lefèvre | ... | script girl (as Madeleine Lefevre) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Société Anonyme Universal-Film (1940) (France) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures Corporation (1940) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Columbia Pictures (1940) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Éditions René Chateau (1998) (France) (VHS)
- M6 Films (2007) (France) (DVD)
- Sinister Cinema (United States) (DVD) (as 'The Phantom Wagon') (subtitles)
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Taglines | The newest achievement by the director of "Poil de Carrotte", "The Golem", "Un Carnet du Bal" and "The End of a Day" See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | The film was meant to premiere at the 1939 Cannes film festival, but due to slow financing the planned to-be debut year festival was cancelled. Instead its world premiere was in Sweden on 8th September 1939, and only on 16 February 1940 did it have its French cinema release. See more » |
Movie Connections | Version of The Phantom Carriage (1921). See more » |