The mystery of the eerie mask

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Movie
German title The mystery of the eerie mask
Original title The Phantom of the Opera
Country of production Great Britain
original language English
Publishing year 1962
length 84 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Terence Fisher
script Anthony Hinds
(as John Elder)
production Anthony Hinds
music Edwin Astley
camera Arthur Grant
cut Alfred Cox
occupation
synchronization

The Riddle of the Eerie Mask is a horror film by the British Hammer-Production from 1962 and is based on the novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux . The slogan on the poster was at that time "the largest GRUSEL CLASSIC ever" ( English "The Greatest Of All Time THRILL CLASSIC" ). The DVD was released as The Phantom of the Opera .

action

During the premiere of Lord Ambrose D'Arcy's new opera, the hanged corpse of a stage worker is found in the sets, which is why the prima donna refuses to perform any further. Christine Charles, a young opera singer, is now set to take on the lead role. Harry Hunter, Christine's friend and artistic director of the opera, discovers old sheet music from Christine's former singing teacher, Professor L. Petrie, in her apartment, who has disappeared under unexplained circumstances and is believed to be dead. Looking through these sheets, he realizes that the notes on them are identical to those of Lord D'Arcy's new work. A short time later, Christine is kidnapped by an ugly dwarf into the vaulted cellar under the opera, where a masked musician awaits her who wants to turn her into a great singer.

Hunter, deeply alarmed by Christine's disappearance, sets out to find her. At the same time, Lord D'Arcy is murdered by the same dwarf who kidnapped Christine. Harry Hunter can chase the dwarf into the secret underground vaults. After he has succeeded in overpowering the dwarf, he faces the masked organ player and recognizes in him Professor Petrie, who was believed to be dead. Five years ago, in order to get rid of his financial worries, he had to sell his life's work, the opera "Johanna von Orléans", to Lord D´Arcy. The Lord then published the professor's masterpiece under his own name. Petrie tried to prevent this at the time by setting the printing company on fire, but in doing so he suffered severe burns on his face and then disappeared underground. A few weeks after this encounter, Christine now has the potential to sing the lead role, the opera is re-performed in the presence of the professor.

While Christine is singing her great aria, workers discover the dwarf and follow him across the superstructure of the opera. From the Schnürboden , the dwarf escapes with a jump onto a large chandelier above the stage, but the bracket cannot withstand the additional load. To prevent Christine from being hit by the falling candlestick, Petrie storms onto the stage. He succeeds in pushing the singer aside and thus saving her life, but he himself is killed by the chandelier.

Others

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  • The role of Phantom was originally written for Cary Grant , who had expressed an interest in appearing in a great movie. Even Christopher Lee was briefly for the title role in the conversation.
  • The framework for this film was moved from Paris to London.
  • Since the film flopped at the box office, director Terence Fisher fell out of favor at Hammer Studios and did not get the commission for a film again until 1964.
  • The mask of the phantom was put together from scraps of fabric, adhesive tape and paint just before filming began.

German version

The German synchronous processing was created in the studios of Berliner Synchron GmbH in Berlin . Klaus von Wahl directed the dialogue .

role actor Voice actor
Prof. Petrie / The Phantom Herbert Lom Siegmar Schneider
Christine Charles Heather Sears Marianne Lutz
Lord Ambrose D'Arcy Michael Gough Klaus Miedel
Lattimer Thorley Walters Paul Wagner
Harry Hunter Edward de Souza Dieter Klein
Maria Liane Aukin Inge Estate
Mrs. Tucker Renee Houston Use Fürstenberg

Reviews

"The third film adaptation of the popular horror novel [...] staged the British Dracula specialist Terence Fisher as a mixture of fairy tale and horror film."

- Lexicon of international film

DVD release

  • The Phantom of the Opera . Koch Media DVD 2008 (English original with German subtitles)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The mystery of the eerie mask , Illustrierte Film-Bühne No. 6328, Munich undated
  2. ↑ The Mystery of the Eerie Mask. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used