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The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

★ 7.3 · 1,765 ratings on TMDB

Let the fantasy begin.

The Phantom of the Opera poster★ 7.3

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House.

DirectorJoel Schumacher
CastCiarán Hinds, Emmy Rossum, Gerard Butler, Jennifer Ellison, Minnie Driver, Miranda Richardson
GenresDrama, Romance, Thriller
The emergence reading

The Phantom of the Opera keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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