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Max Schreck, born Friedrich Gustav Maximilian Schreck in Berlin in 1879, was a German actor who worked in film and on stage. His professional career began in 1903 and concluded in 1936. He studied under Max Reinhardt and spoke German. Schreck was a citizen of the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, and Nazi Germany.
He participated in World War I and was married to Fanny Schreck. Schreck died in Munich on February 20, 1936, due to a myocardial infarction. Although the cause was a heart attack, his manner of death is recorded as homicide. He is buried in Brandenburg.
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Film & TV
Berlin, Germany
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Friedrich Gustav Max Schreck (September 6, 1879 – February 20, 1936) was a German actor. He is most often remembered today for his lead role in the film Nosferatu (1922). Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Schreck, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Eternal Ghosts — Count Orlok (Archival Footage)2025
- Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror — Graf Orlok2025
- Death Of The Rat — Count Orlok (archive footage)2024
- The Tomb of Nosferatu — Count Orlok (archive footage)2023
- Synthwave Horror: Nosferatu — Count Orlok2023
- Speedball Nosferatu — Count Orlok2022
- Nosferatu and the Birth of Vampires in Cinema — Count Orlok (archive footage)2022
- CALCO (A Symphony of Echo) — Nosferatu2019
- Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode — Nosferatu (archive footage)2011
- The Bathroom Mirror — Graf Orlok (archival footage)2008
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Max
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nazi Germany
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- Munich
- Spouse
- Fanny Schreck
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Max Reinhardt
- Field of work
- acting
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Max Schreck 1922.jpg
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- Commons category
- Max Schreck
- date of birth
- 1879-09-06
- date of death
- 1936-02-20
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- homicide
- name in native language
- Max Schreck
- start of work period
- 1903-00-00
- different from
- Batman Returns
- birth name
- Friedrich Gustav Maximilian Schreck
- pseudonym
- Max Schreck
- place of burial
- Brandenburg
- end of work period
- 1936-00-00
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