The Climax
The Climax
Release: 1944-10-20
·Runtime: 86m
·★ 5.5
Music
Horror
Thriller
Dr. Hohner, theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano when his jealousy drives him to the point of mad obsession. Ten years later, another young singer reminds Hohner of the late diva and his old mania kicks in. Hohner wants to prevent her from singing for anyone but him, even if it means silencing her forever.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Ernö Verebes
as Brunn
Gertrude Astor
as Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
Eric Mayne
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Francis Ford
as Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)
Louis Payne
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Thomas Gomez
as Count Seebruck
Stuart Holmes
as King's Consul (Uncredited)
Jack Richardson
as Musical Conductor (Uncredited)
Eddie Polo
as Stagehand (Uncredited)
Ernie Adams
as Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
Boris Karloff
as Dr. Friedrich Hohner
Gale Sondergaard
as Luise
Lotte Stein
as Mama Hinzl
Anne Cornwall
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Maurice Costello
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
June Vincent
as Marcellina
Jane Farrar
as Jarmila Vadek
William Edmunds
as Leon, Theatre Concierge
Grace Cunard
as Backstage Maid (Uncredited)
William Desmond
as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
Susanna Foster
as Angela Klatt
Turhan Bey
as Franz Munzer
Rudy Bowman
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Helen Gibson
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Richard Neill
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
George Dolenz
as Amato Roselli
Ludwig Stössel
as Carl Baumann
Scotty Beckett
as The King
