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Sign in to saveNosferatu: A Symphony of Horror () is a 1922 silent German Expressionist vampire film directed by F. W. Murnau from a screenplay by Henrik Galeen. It stars Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife (Greta Schröder) of his estate agent (Gustav von Wangenheim) and brings the plague to their town.
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Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens is a 1922 German silent horror film directed by F. W. Murnau and written by Henrik Galeen. Produced by Albin Grau through Prana Film, the movie is based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The cast includes Max Schreck, Wolfgang Heinz, Gustav von Wangenheim, and Greta Schröder. Hans Erdmann composed the score, while Grau also served as production, costume, and scene designer. Cinematography was handled by Günther Krampf and Fritz Arno Wagner.
The narrative is set in Transylvania and Northern Germany, featuring the character Count Orlok. The film is presented in black-and-white with a 4:3 aspect ratio. Runtime estimates vary between 89 and 94 minutes. It received a rating of 7.8 on IMDb and a vote average of 7.657 on TMDb. Derivative works include Nosferatu the Vampyre, Vampire in Venice, and Nosferatu. The film was released in Germany in February and March 1922.
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7.7The mysterious Count Orlok summons a happily married real estate agent to his castle, located up in the Transylvanian mountains, to finalise a terrifying deal.
Cast
- Max Schreck as Count Orlok
- Gustav von Wangenheim as Hutter
- Greta Schröder as Ellen
- Georg H. Schnell as Harding
- Ruth Landshoff as Ruth
- Gustav Botz as Professor Sievers
Themes
- based on novel or book
- self sacrifice
- transylvania
- germany
- loss of loved one
- vampire
- shapeshifting
- coffin
- supernatural
- castle
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
- Film.image
- Nosferatu poster (Albin Grau, 1922) 1.jpg
- Film.caption
- German magazine ad
- Film.director
- F. W. Murnau
- Film.screenplay
- Henrik Galeen
- Film.music
- Hans Erdmann (1922 premiere)
- Film.studio
- Prana Film
- Film.distributor
- Film Arts Guild
- Film.runtime
- 63–94 minutes, depending on version and transfer speed
- Film.country
- Weimar Republic
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- Vatican's list of films
- Genre
- vampire film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Based on
- Dracula
- Director
- F. W. Murnau
- Screenwriter
- Henrik Galeen
- Cast member
- Loni Nest
- Composer
- Hans Erdmann
- Producer
- Albin Grau
- Production company
- Prana Film
- Cinematographer
- Fritz Arno Wagner
- Narrative location
- Northern Germany
- Filming location
- Orava Castle
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 238028
- Image
- Nosferatu title.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nosferatu
- topic's main category
- Category:Nosferatu
- publication date
- 1922-03-15
- title
- Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens
- after a work by
- Bram Stoker
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- characters
- Count Orlok
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- Albin Grau
- costume designer
- Albin Grau
- scenographer
- Albin Grau
- different from
- Nosferatu the Vampyre
- set in period
- 1838
- narrative motif
- vampire
- distributed by
- UFA
- set in environment
- castle
- review score
- 97%
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Themes
- The Other
- Occultism
- World War I
- Production
- Music
- Release
- Reception
- Home media and copyright status
- Remakes
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror () is a 1922 silent German Expressionist vampire film directed by F. W. Murnau from a screenplay by Henrik Galeen. It stars Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife (Greta Schröder) of his estate agent (Gustav von Wangenheim) and brings the plague to their town.
Nosferatu was produced by Prana Film and is an unofficial and unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. Various names and other details were changed from the novel, including Count Dracula being renamed Count Orlok. Although those changes are often represented as a defense against copyright infringement accusations, the original German intertitles acknowledged Dracula as the source. Film historian David Kalat states in his commentary track that since the film was "a low-budget film made by Germans for German audiences... setting it in Germany with German-named characters makes the story more tangible and immediate for German-speaking viewers".
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