The Phantom of the Opera is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serial in Le Gaulois from 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910, and was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte. The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century, and by an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet pupil's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber's 1841 production of Der Freischütz. It has been successfully adapted into various stage and film adaptations, most notable of which are the 1925 film depiction featuring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical.
The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe and a libretto by Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe. Based on the novel of the same name by Gaston Leroux, it tells the tragic story of beautiful soprano Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious but disfigured musical genius living in the subterranean labyrinth beneath the Paris Opéra House.
Christine Daaé is a fictional character and the female protagonist of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera and of the various adaptations of the work. Erik, the Phantom of the Opera and Viscount Raoul de Chagny both fall in love with her.
Carl Wilhelm, was a prolific German film director, film producer and screenwriter of the silent film era, at the end of which his career apparently entirely faded away and he vanished into obscurity.
Greta Schröder was a German actress. She is best known for the role of Thomas Hutter's wife and Count Orlok's victim in Nosferatu (1922). In the fictionalized 2000 film Shadow of the Vampire, she is portrayed as having been a famous actress during the making of Nosferatu, but in fact she was little known. The bulk of her career was during the 1920s, and she continued to act well into the 1950s, but by the 1930s her roles had diminished to only occasional appearances. Following a failed marriage with struggling actor Ernst Matray, she was married to actor and film director Paul Wegener.
Aud Egede-Nissen was a Norwegian actress, director and producer. She appeared in many early 20th-century German silent films.
Nils Olaf Chrisander was a Swedish actor and film director in the early part of the twentieth century.
Gerd Grieg was a Norwegian stage and film actress.
The Expulsion is a 1923 silent German drama film directed by F. W. Murnau. The film is now considered to be lost. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Czerwonski and Rochus Gliese. Location shooting took place in the Riesengebirge.
Ada Kramm was a Norwegian stage and film actress whose career spanned more than six decades.
Peter the Pirate, also known in English as The Sea Wolves, is a 1925 German silent historical adventure film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Paul Richter, Aud Egede-Nissen, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge. It was based on the 1925 novel by Wilhelm Hegeler. Leni Riefenstahl was offered the role of female lead by producer Erich Pommer, but after doing a screen test she eventually turned it down.
The Raft of the Dead is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Carl Boese and starring Aud Egede-Nissen, Otto Gebühr, and Frida Richard. It premiered in Munich on 4 March 1921.
Georg Lüddeckens Alexander Richter was a German-born Norwegian actor.
The Armoured Vault is a 1926 German silent thriller film directed by Lupu Pick and starring Ernst Reicher, Johannes Riemann, and Mary Nolan. It was part of a popular series featuring the detective character Stuart Webbs, and a remake of an earlier film The Armoured Vault directed by Joe May in 1914.
Luise del Zopp, birth name Aloisia Theresia Johanna Luksch, also Louise Lingg, was a German actress, opera singer and screenwriter.
Esther Carena was a German actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1916 and 1924.
Homunculus is a 1916 German silent science fiction serial film directed by Otto Rippert and written by Robert Reinert. Other sources list Robert Neuss as a co-writer. Fritz Lang was one of Rippert's assistants during filming. It was originally produced by Deutsche Bioscop GmbH.
Between Night and Dawn is a 1931 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Aud Egede-Nissen, Oskar Homolka, and Eduard von Winterstein. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Moldenhauer. It is a remake of the 1927 silent film Tragedy of the Street starring Asta Nielsen. It was originally intended that she should reprise her role for the sound remake, but ultimately Norwegian actress Aud Egede-Nissen was cast in the role. The film premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin.
The Secret of the Mummy is a 1921 German silent crime film directed by Victor Janson and starring Ferdinand von Alten, Aud Egede-Nissen, and Magnus Stifter. It is part of the Joe Deebs detective series. Originally shot in 1916, it did not go on general release until 1921.
The White Roses of Ravensberg is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by and starring Nils Olaf Chrisander. It is based on the 1896 novel by Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem which was later adapted into a 1929 film of the same title.
