The phantom of Hollywood
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The phantom of Hollywood |
| Original title | The Phantom of Hollywood |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1974 |
| length | 74 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gene Levitt |
| script |
George Schencke , Robert Thom |
| production | Gene Levitt |
| music | Leonard Rosenman |
| camera | Gene Polito |
| cut | Henry Batista |
| occupation | |
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The Phantom of Hollywood is a TV thriller of 1974 , which removed on Gaston Leroux's " The Phantom of the Opera " is based.
action
The story takes place on a huge disused studio site, the few employees who manage the site tell stories about a ghost who sneaks across the site in the form of a masked executioner.
The mysterious executioner is the missing Shakespeare actor Karl Vonner, who suffered severe burns after an accident (when a film was being made, the pyro effects were mixed up and an explosive charge exploded in front of his face) and then disappeared from the hospital.
His twin brother Otto had hidden him on the studio grounds and made up the story about the ghost hangman.
When the studio area is about to be torn down, Karl Vonner, insane and completely lost in his Shakespeare world, tries to prevent this with a series of terrorist attacks, as he celebrated his greatest successes on screen on this area.
He also kidnaps a young actress who is a guest at the farewell party on the studio premises and even kills his own brother who wanted to tell the truth about him, he kills him with a chandelier-like backdrop.
The young woman manages to convince him to let her go. Vonner himself refuses to leave his underground hiding place, although the demolition work has now begun and the rotten support beams of the ceiling give way more and more due to the vibrations.
Ultimately the ceiling gives way and he is, quoting one of his old texts, buried under tons of rock and earth.
Reviews
- Lexicon of international film : Only moderately entertaining detective and horror film made for television as a swan song for the former greatness of Hollywood, based on motifs from the classic horror story "The Phantom in the Opera".
- Cinema : Much ado about little: effect-seeking “Phantom of the Opera” variant.
Web links
- The Phantom of Hollywood in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Phantom of Hollywood. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 26, 2017 .