LA PASSION DU DOCTEUR HOHNER
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Le docteur Fridriech Hohner est le médecin attitré du Royal Theater. Sa fiancée, une célèbre cantatrice, Marcellina, refuse de renoncer à sa carrière pour ses beaux yeux. Il l'étrangle. Dix ans plus tard, alors que son crime est resté impuni, Hohner entend une jeune chanteuse, Angela Klatt, exécuter les trilles de «The Magic Voice», l'opéra sur lequel travaillait Marcellina quand le médecin fou de jalousie l'a privée de sa voix et de sa vie en même temps. Il tombe instantanément sous le charme. Angela est embauchée. Sa première prestation rencontre un succès monumental. Jaloux, Hohner l'hypnotise et parvient à l'empêcher de chanter...
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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
Lotte Stein
Mama Hinzl
Scotty Beckett
The King
William Edmunds
Leon, Theatre Concierge
Maxwell Hayes
Count Romburg
Dorothy Lawrence
Miss Metzger
Bella Lewitzky
Dancer (Uncredited)
Jack Richardson
Musical Conductor (Uncredited)
Polly Bailey
Cleaning Woman (Uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
King's Consul (Uncredited)
Eddie Polo
Stagehand (Uncredited)
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A very enjoyable romp from the 40's about unrequited love driving a man to obsession, selfishness and murder, and you really can't go wrong with Boris Karloff, particularly from this vintage. This is especially enjoyable if you're a fan of opera at all. New York City-born director Waggner, most famous for 'The Wolf Man', is decent at this sort of thing, though he got relegated the last phase of his career to TV-work (such as the 60's 'Batman').
Karloff's first colour film (and in Technicolor, no doubt), it's also famous for using the same sets as 'The Phantom of the Opera', made the previous year--the oldest surviving movie set. I came across this in an excellent 5-film pack of Karloff-starred thrillers from the late 30's and early 40's. Both the boxed set and this individual film are highly recommended to fans of the star's work.
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