On this day in movie history - The Phantom Carriage (1958 movie & novel):

The Phantom Carriage
Swedish title: Körkarlen,

directed by Arne Mattsson,

written by Rune Lindström,

based on the novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness by Selma Lagerlöf,

original Swedish title: Körkarlen,

released in Sweden on September 18, 1958.

Music by Dag Wirén.

Cast: George Fant, Ulla Jacobsson, Anita Björk, Edvin Adolphson, Bengt Brunskog, Isa Quensel, Carl-Olof Alm, Bo Samuelsson, Allan Edwall, Kotti Chave, Olle Grönstedt, Maritta Marke, Lennart Lindberg, Allan Frisk, Tage Hellberg, Herman Jonsson, John Kilián, Ann-Mari Landqvist, Hedvig Lindby, Curt Löwgren, Ellika Mann, John Melin, John Norrman, Thore Pihl, Gunilla Roempke, Dora Söderberg, Alvar Ståhl, Meta Velander, Alfred Wielk.

Recommended reading:

Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness

by Selma Lagerlöf.

Translated by William Frederick Harvey.
Published by e-artnow.
First published 1912.
ISBN-10: 8027340209
ISBN-13: 9788027340200

Description:

Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness is a result of a collaboration between Selma Lagerlöf and the Swedish association. The novel was written as a means of public education about tuberculosis. It is set in a small town in Sweden at the beginning of the 20th century. Edith, a young "Slum Sister" (social worker) in the service of the Salvation Army is on her death bed dying of tuberculosis. She requests that before she dies, she would like to again see David Holm, one of her charges. It becomes apparent that the two have a special relationship.