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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* A big city student arrives at a farm and falls in love with the farmer's 17-year-old daughter. They have to deal with disapproving parents, as well as the local priest, who thinks the youth of today is rotten. This 1951 film unknowingly helped establish the reputation of Sweden as the land of sin, just because of a short, innocent skinny dip, fanning the image of Sweden as a sexually permissive country, and eventually spawning a wave of “Swedish Sin” films exported all over the world. The film remains to this day one of Sweden’s biggest international box office successes of all time. It was awarded the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, and won the award for Best Music at the Cannes Film Festival. Newly restored in 4K by the Swedish Film Institute. Bonus Features: 1. Poster Gallery 2. "Arne Mattsson – A Career" – video essay by Rickard Gramfors (Klubb Super 8) and Jan Lumholdt (film critic and film historian) 3. Audio Commentary with Anna-Maria and Roger Blomgren (authors of the new biography Arne Mattsson - Film till varje pris) 4. "She Danced One Summer - and the World Never Recovered" - 20 page booklet Top Similar From the Brand Questions Reviews One Summer of Happiness [Blu-ray] One Summer of Happiness

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The last person to die on New Year’s Eve before the clock strikes twelve is doomed to take the reins of Death’s chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year. So says the legend that drives The Phantom Carriage (Körkarlen), directed by the father of Swedish cinema, Victor Sjöström (The Wind), about an alcoholic, abusive ne’er-do-well (Sjöström himself) who is shown the error of his ways and the pure-of-heart Salvation Army sister who believes in his redemption. Based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf, this extraordinarily rich and innovative silent classic (which inspired Ingmar Bergman to make movies) is a Dickensian ghost story and a deeply moving morality tale, as well as a showcase for groundbreaking special effects.