Das Phantom der Oper (1916)

Das Phantom der Oper was a 1916 Silent Film. The film is notable for being the first film adaptation of The Phantom Of The Opera. The film is now believed to be lost. No copies, photographs or even a poster of the film remain. All that is known is that it was made in Germany in 1916, directed by Ernst Matray, starring Nils Olaf Chrisander as the Phantom and Aud Egede-Nissen as Christine..

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