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Blending music, murder and Gothic madness, The Climax marks Boris Karloff's long-awaited return to horror films. Dr. Hohner (Karloff), the house physician at Vienna's Royal Theatre, secretly murders his opera star mistress. When new soprano Angela (Susanna Foster) arrives, her identical voice impels Hohner to hypnotize her, making her incapable of singing. The love of a composer (Turhan Bey) rids Angela of the doctor's evil influence, but Hohner - driven to insanity - now plots to silence the girl forever! Filmed in glorious Technicolor, this suspenseful melodrama received an Academy Award nomination for its lavish sets and art direction.
Original Release
10/20/1944
US Release
10/20/1944
Cast
Name | Character |
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Boris Karloff | Dr. Friedrich Hohner |
Susanna Foster | Angela Klatt |
Turhan Bey | Franz Munzer |
Gale Sondergaard | Luise |
Thomas Gomez | Count Seebruck |
June Vincent | Marcellina |
George Dolenz | Amato Roselli |
Ludwig Stössel | Carl Baumann |
Jane Farrar | Jarmila Vadek |
Ernö Verebes | Brunn |
Directors
Writers
George Waggner, Curt Siodmak, Lynn Starling, Edward Locke
Cast
Name | Character |
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Boris Karloff | Dr. Friedrich Hohner |
Susanna Foster | Angela Klatt |
Turhan Bey | Franz Munzer |
Gale Sondergaard | Luise |
Thomas Gomez | Count Seebruck |
June Vincent | Marcellina |
George Dolenz | Amato Roselli |
Ludwig Stössel | Carl Baumann |
Jane Farrar | Jarmila Vadek |
Ernö Verebes | Brunn |
Lotte Stein | Mama Hinzl |
Scotty Beckett | The King |
William Edmunds | Leon - Theatre Concierge / Leon, Theatre Concierge |
Maxwell Hayes | Count Romburg |
Dorothy Lawrence | Miss Metzger |
Ernie Adams | Man in Audience Next to Franz / Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited) |
Gertrude Astor | Woman in Audience Behind Franz / Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited) |
Polly Bailey | Cleaning Woman / Cleaning Woman (Uncredited) |
Rudy Bowman | Audience Member / Audience Member (Uncredited) |
Anne Cornwall | Audience Member / Audience Member (Uncredited) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Joseph Gershenson | Executive Producer |
George Waggner | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1945 | Oscar | Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color | Nominated |