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The Phantom of the Opera (1916) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1916 · 76 mins · German
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- Starring
- Nils Olaf Chrisander, Ernst Matray, Aud Egede-Nissen
Ein Film ganz hervorragender Art! The 1916 German silent picture, also titled Das Gespenst im Opernhaus, was the first cinematic adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera. Produced in autumn 1915, it was directed by Ernst Matray, who also played Raul, with Nils Chrisander as the Phantom and Aud Egede‑Nissen as Christine. The film is now considered lost; no copies, photographs or posters survive.
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