The Phantom Carriage (1921)

Tore Svennberg: Georges

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• Georges : You know, David, if I could send a message to mankind, I would send them a New Year's greeting. I would like them to dwell on a single New Year's prayer: 'Lord, please let my soul come to maturity before it is reaped.'

• David Holm : You should take me to the hospital in your carriage as quickly as you can.

  Georges : No living soul rides in that carriage. By the time I arrive, it's too late for a doctor. You know full well that I am no longer among the living.

• Georges : Remember that it's New Year's Eve, the last day of the year! Whoever dies on this eve must drive Death's carriage.

• Georges : There is no escape. He must perform his forlorn duty.

• Georges : There is an old, old carriage... It is no ordinary driver who holds the reigns, for he's in the service of a strict master named Death. For him, a single night is as long as 100 years on Earth. Night and day he must carry out his master's business.

• Georges : Though horse and carriage are alwatys the same, the driver is not. The last soul to die each year - the one who passes over at the stroke of midnight - is destined to be Death's driver for the following year.

• Georges : [calling forth the soul of Edit]  Captive, ye of loving heart, come forth from thy prison!

• Georges : I would grant you that reprieve if it would avail you. But you have no power over this man!

• Georges : Yes, David. I see what's coming. I'm obliged to watch. I do not shirk my duty.