robert markowitz represent the phantom of the opera ( 1983 ) make for tv movie . story be set in budapest after the first world war . the vile opera manager doesn not get the new soprano to his bed so he arrange a critical review of her performance . soprano drowns herself and feel she have betray her conductor husband sandor korvin . korvin go mad and kill the publisher of the review but also get burn in the face by acid . rat catcher hide him beneath the opera house . four year later maria and the exact replica of korvin wife and come to sing to the opera . both phantom and michael and the new director and fall in love with her . this kind of story become a great gothic romance in dracula ( 1992 ) . unfortunately it get waste here . director seem to have no skill whatsoever . the dark opera house provide good surround but he doesn not use them in any part . also cast be totally wasted . maximilian schell ( sandor korvin or the phantom ) be a great actor with a deep haunting voice but he seem to be in this only for money . jane seymoure ( maria or elena ) i think have never have any acting talent and this isn not exception . even jeremy kemp a the opera manager fail to give same kind of a slimy villain a michael gough in 1962 version . so it be michael york ( michael ) who steal to show and be the only enjoyable thing here . last word represent avoid at all cost . unless youre die hard york fan .