The Phantom of the Opera (Italian title: Il Fantasma dell'opera) is a 1998 Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento, adapted from the novel Le Fantôme de l’Opéra by Gaston Leroux. However, there are many differences between the book and the movie.
In Paris 1877, rats save an abandoned baby in a basket and raise him in the underground of the Opera de Paris. This child becomes The Phantom of the Opera (Julian Sands), a misanthrope who kills an...
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The Phantom of the Opera (Italian title: Il Fantasma dell'opera) is a 1998 Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento, adapted from the novel Le Fantôme de l’Opéra by Gaston Leroux. However, there are many differences between the book and the movie.
In Paris 1877, rats save an abandoned baby in a basket and raise him in the underground of the Opera de Paris. This child becomes The Phantom of the Opera (Julian Sands), a misanthrope who kills anyone who ventures into his underground chambers, just as rats are killed who venture above ground.
The Phantom, who is not disfigured and hence does not wear a mask, falls in love with Christine Daaé (Asia Argento), an opera singer just beginning her career. He speaks to her using telepathy, and the two begin a romantic relationship. Unlike in other versions, however, he does not teach her to sing.
Meanwhile, the aristocratic Baron Raoul De Chagny (Andrea Di Stefano), has fallen in love with Christine, though at first Christine offers him only...
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