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The Phantom of the Opera

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

Il fantasma dell'Opera

1998 • HU HMDB

November 20, 1998

A series of terrifying accidents and brutal murders leave a bloody trail into the subterranean caverns of an Opera house. Below the theatre stalks a man raised by creatures of the underworld.

Directors

Dario Argento

Horror Mistero Romance

Cast

Julian Sands

The Phantom

Asia Argento

Christine Daaé

Andrea Di Stefano

Baron Raoul De Chagny

Nadia Rinaldi

Carlotta Altieri

Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni

Honorine

István Bubik

Ignace, the rat-catcher

Lucia Guzzardi

Madame Giry

Aldo Massasso

Pourdieu

Zoltan Barabas

Poligny

Gianni Franco

Montluc

David D'Ingeo

Alfred

Kitty Kéri

Paulette

John Pedeferri

Dr. Princard

Leonardo Treviglio

Jerome De Chagny

Massimo Sarchielli

Joseph Buquet

Luis Molteni

Nicolaud

Enzo Cardogna

Marcel

Antonio Pupillo

Gustave

Domenica Coppolino

Carlotta's Mother

Sandor Bese

Dwarf (uncredited)

Crew

Production: Claudio Argento (Executive Producer) — Giuseppe Colombo (Producer) — Áron Sipos (Producer)

Screenplay: Gérard Brach (Screenplay) — Dario Argento (Screenplay)

Music: Ennio Morricone (Original Music Composer)

Cinematography: Ronnie Taylor (Director of Photography)

REVIEWS (1)

Marco Castellini

• December 13, 2025

Paris, late nineteenth century: a man horribly disfigured hides in the basements of the Opera, killing anyone who approaches him and his secret. Useless the good performance of Burt Lancaster in a film that inexorably loses itself in repetitiveness and lack of originality. Barely sufficient.

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