Directed by:
Julien DuvivierCinematography:
Jules KrugerComposer:
Jacques IbertCast:
Pierre Fresnay, Marie Bell, Micheline Francey, Ariane Borg, Louis Jouvet, Jean Mercanton, Robert Le Vigan, Mila Parély, Jean Claudio, Valentine Tessier (more)Plots(1)
Previously filmed in Sweden by Victor Sjostrom in 1921, Selma Lagerloff's haunting fable The Death Cart was remade in 1940 by Julien Duvivier as La Charette Fantome. According to Scandinavian legend, whosoever dies on the stroke of Midnight on the last day of the year (St. Sylvester's Night) must assume the duties of the "phantom charioteer," collecting souls for the next 365 days. Pierre Fresnay stars as a boorish lout who is forced to relive the events of the past year -- and to find spiritual salvation -- as the death chariot approaches. Louis Jouvet co-stars as Fresnay's best friend, the most recent candidate for the "honor" of driving the phantom cart. Filmed in 1939, La Charette Fantome was released in March of 1940. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Pierre Fresnay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505222_72d592.jpg)
Pierre Fresnay
France
Best movies:
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Grand Illusion (1937)
![Marie Bell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431636_9a27e6.jpg)
Marie Bell
France
Best movies:
The Leopard (1963)
Sandra (1965)
![Micheline Francey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576516_d3560b.jpg)
Micheline Francey
France
Best movies:
Le Corbeau (1943)
![Ariane Borg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431673_910720.jpg)
Ariane Borg
France
![Louis Jouvet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/737/163737145_03a659.png)
Louis Jouvet
France
Best movies:
Underworld (1936)
Jenny Lamour (1947)
Knock (1951)
![Jean Mercanton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/434/434708_c55726.jpg)
Jean Mercanton
France
Robert Le Vigan
France
Best movies:
Behold the Man (1935)
Port of Shadows (1938)
La Bandera (1935)
![Mila Parély](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/452/452562_e9dac5.jpg)
Mila Parély
France
Best movies:
La Règle du Jeu (1939)
La Belle et la Bête (1946)
Angels of Sin (1943)
![Jean Claudio](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431671_b74324.jpg)
Jean Claudio
France
Best movies:
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Picnic on the Grass (1959)
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1975) (series)
![Valentine Tessier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431709_ddf221.jpg)
Valentine Tessier
France
Best movies:
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)
Life Size (1974)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
![Jean Parédès](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098709_501c58.jpg)
Jean Parédès
France
Best movies:
Fearless Little Soldier (1952)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Violette (1978)
![Georges Douking](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/465/465181_c07bb7.jpg)
Georges Douking
France
Best movies:
Judgment of the God (1952)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
The Hunchback of Paris (1959)
![Alexandre Rignault](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/477/477300_40b3c0.jpg)
Alexandre Rignault
France
Best movies:
Don Camillo monsignore ma non troppo (1961)
The Red and the Black (1954)
Ruy Blas (1948)
![Marie-Hélène Dasté](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/027/436/27436945_40a2c1.jpg)
Marie-Hélène Dasté
Denmark
Best movies:
La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
Angels of Sin (1943)
Race for Life (1955)
![Marcel Pérès](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871926_e7ebf1.jpg)
Marcel Pérès
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale (1963)
![Henri Nassiet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576565_70900c.jpg)
Henri Nassiet
France
Best movies:
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
The Things of Life (1970)
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961)
![Édouard Francomme](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/831/78831027_f72a3c.jpg)
Édouard Francomme
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Witness in the City (1959)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
![René Génin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/831/78831451_f322de.jpg)
René Génin
France
Best movies:
The Moment of Truth (1952)
Port of Shadows (1938)
Daybreak (1939)
Sylvain
France
Best movies:
The Gates of Paris (1957)
The Red and the Black (1954)
Male Companion (1964)
Génia Vaury
Best movies:
Hôtel du Nord (1938)
La Marseillaise (1938)