Most people think of silent movies as grainy black and white films filled with either slapstick comedy or melodramatic romances, all acted out to the sound of swirling organ music. This 1921 film from Swedish director Victor Sjöström should help fix that problem. Using the 1921 version of cutting edge special effects, that still look pretty cool today, the movie brings to life the folklore tradition that the spirit of the last person to die on New Year’s Eve will be forced to spend the next calendar year as Death’s servant, roaming the globe collecting spirits for the underworld. When David Holm (Sjöström) dies at the stroke of midnight, he starts a journey that forces him to look at his past life and search for some sort of final redemption.
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