This vivid film of Wagner's romatic opera succeeds in conveying what has famously been called "the wind that blows out at you whenever you open the score", including Daland's boat anchoring against the Sandwike cliffs, the red-sailed phantom ship, and the ghost crew rising from the dead. "Scenes that recall classic horror films... Brilliantly successful" (Nürnberger Nachrichten), "Captures the works' essence" (Süddeutsche Zeitung). With a superb cast; conducted by Wagner authority Wolfgang Sawallisch.

Le Vaisseau fantôme est de retour sur terre, son capitaine maudit étant à la recherche d'une femme qui pourra lui jurer une fidélité éternelle, condition pour pouvoir retrouver la paix. Il rencontre Daland, un capitaine norvégien, qui lui propose justement de rencontrer sa fille Senta.