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20 October 1944 (USA) moreTagline:
The screen's classic of suspense! morePlot:
Dr. Hohner (Karloff), theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. moreUser Comments:
State of the art Technicolor the real star here. moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Boris Karloff | ... | Dr. Friedrich Hohner | |
| Susanna Foster | ... | Angela Klatt | |
| Turhan Bey | ... | Franz Munzer | |
| Gale Sondergaard | ... | Luise | |
| Thomas Gomez | ... | Count Seebruck | |
| June Vincent | ... | Marcellina | |
| George Dolenz | ... | Amato Roselli | |
| Ludwig Stössel | ... | Carl Baumann | |
| Jane Farrar | ... | Jarmila Vadek | |
| Ernö Verebes | ... | Brunn | |
| Lotte Stein | ... | Mama Hinzl | |
| Scotty Beckett | ... | The King | |
| William Edmunds | ... | Leon - theater concierge | |
| Maxwell Hayes | ... | Count Romburg - King's aide | |
| Dorothy Lawrence | ... | Miss Metzger |
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86 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Fun Stuff
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In the original trailer Susanna Foster, the star of Phantom of the Opera (1943), was given top billing. In the film itself, Boris Karloff is given top billing. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the rehearsal sequence in which Angela loses her voice at the sight of Dr. Hohner, she closes her mouth a split second before the playback of her voice stops. moreQuotes:
Dr. Hohner: You don't want to ruin that voice, do you? It isn't yours, remember? Now tell me, whose voice is it?... Tell me!Angela: Marcellina's!
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This is a psychological horror film with very little horror, owing a great deal to PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Karloff plays a mad doctor on the loose within an opera house but he is not as sinister as we would hope. Gale Sondergaard does well as the watchful housekeeper, but it is the state of the art Technicolor that is the real star here. It is impeccable. The Art Direction earned a deserved Oscar nom but the costumes also are deserving, though the category did not exist at the time the film was released. The excellent Score as well deserved Academy recognition but did not receive it. Enjoyable more for the visual splendor than anything else.