The read
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 89% of the 137 1920s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
373 audience votes
Key crew
- Victor SjöströmDirector
- Victor SjöströmWriter
Cast
- Victor SjöströmDavid Holm
- Hilda BorgströmMrs. Holm
- Tore SvennbergGeorges
- Astrid HolmSister Edit
- Concordia SelanderEdit's Mother
- Lisa LundholmSister Maria
- Tor WeijdenGustafsson
- Einar AxelssonDavid's Brother
- Olof ÅsDriver
- Nils AréhnPrison Chaplain
- Simon LindstrandDavid's Companion
- Nils ElfforsDavid's Companion
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Themes
new year's evebased on novel or bookfightpoisoncemeteryphantomflashbackconsumerismdying wishalcoholicdeathsilent film