A demented physician becomes obsessed with a young singer whose voice sounds similar to his late mistress.
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| 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 (as Erno Verebes) | |
| Lotte Stein | ... | Mama Hinzl | |
| Scotty Beckett | ... | The King | |
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William Edmunds | ... | Leon - theater concierge |
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Maxwell Hayes | ... | Count Romburg - King's aide |
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Dorothy Lawrence | ... | Miss Metzger |
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Dr. Hohner (Karloff), theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano when his jealousy drives him to the point of mad obsession. Ten years later, another young singer (Foster) reminds Hohner of the late diva, and his old mania kicks in. Hohner wants to prevent her from singing for anyone but him, even if it means silencing her forever. The singer's fiancée (Bey) rushes to save her in the film's climax. Written by Stephen Cooke <am082@ccn.cs.dal.ca>
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20 October 1944 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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1.37 : 1
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Angela: Marcellina's!
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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. See more »Goofs
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. See more »Quotes
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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From the opening music to the final scene, this has got to be one of the most beautiful horror films ever made. Unfortunately, as I said before, technicolor can't do everything for a film. While it is visually stunning in every way, it lacks a credible storyline, and that is what drags the film down. I guess one shouldn't call it a horror film, rather it might a psychological type film, as there is only one murder( and a rather mild one at that). I thought that the opera singing was a bit too much, but what did I expect when the film is about an opera singer!! But I found it to be just like "The Shadow", they are beautiful to look at, but there isn't anything else for the film to succeed.