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In the first animated film from this country, a man drinks and blows cigar smoke out of a hole in his head. A film from this country opens on the dying Salvation Army Sister Edit, who begs her companions to find a local drunkard for her. That film (15[1])makes extensive use of double exposure effects, such as when the title vehicle arrives at the site of a shipwreck and the home of a man who has just shot himself. Mauritz Stiller is often credited with launching the career of an actress from this country with an adaptation of a novel about a (*) disgraced minister. A man learns that the last person to die before New Years must shepherd the dead for the next year in this country’s film The Phantom Carriage. An actress born in this country became famous in the US for films such as Grand Hotel and Ninotchka. For 10 points, name this country, whose early stars include the director Victor Sjöström and actress Greta Garbo. ■END■

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