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Phantom (1922)

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Alfred Abel plays a store clerk who is nearly driven to insanity when he sees an apparition of a girl driving a team of white horses. He is sentenced to 20 years in jail when he is convicted of stealing to raise money for a prostitute who looks life the ghost girl. Lil Dagover, Aud Egede Nissen, and Lya de Putti star in this feature directed by legendary filmmaker F.W. Murnau. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

PG-13, 2 hr.

Drama, Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: F.W. Murnau

In Theaters: Nov 13, 1922 Wide

On DVD: Sep 12, 2006

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Somewhat stodgy in its seriousness, Phantom remains a secondary work by a great filmmaker.

February 13, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

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It's a bit of a bore.

November 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Phil Hall

Film Threat

It's dreadfully slow-paced, overwrought and dated.

November 15, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Phantom comes across more as a job for hire than as a genuine Murnau masterpiece. But even so, the master filmmaker managed to include several of his own touches

September 28, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

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I wasn't impressed, interested, or put off by this film... in fact I didn't feel anything but boredom towards it. The plot sounds so promising, but the picture doesn't deliver. Even though my DVD was of poor quality, I couldn't get into this movie at all. I expected more from a film called Phantom.

December 16, 2011

AJ Verser

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Not what I expected from F.W Murnau. It didn't have the beauty of SUNRISE or the mystery of NOSFERATU. And the title is a trifle misleading, in that I was expecting a ghost story of some sort. Instead, the title refers to obsessive "phantoms" of desires and dreams that haunt one's thoughts. This film resembles somewhat

October 7, 2010