The Phantom of the Opera

The original novel by Gaston Lerouxe Phantom of the opera is still among the popular suggestions adapted into film form. Already in 1916 originated in Germany, the first film version, which is however not preserved. The subsequent hollywood adaptation of the 1925 is today the most famous version of the silent era. Erik (Lon Chaney) is a horribly disfigured man living in the underground catacombs under the building of the Paris opera. This is a man who is due to your šerednosti very unhappy and longs for simple human love. Once while watching the opera he sees a beautiful prima donna Christine (Mary Philbin), falls in love with her and then abducts her to his underground kingdom. Begins a ruthless hunt for the mysterious phantom of the...