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Nosferatu
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 film directed by F. W. Murnau. The production was produced by Albin Grau for Prana Film and written by Henrik Galeen, based on Bram Stoker’s *Dracula*. The cast includes Max Schreck, Wolfgang Heinz, Gustav von Wangenheim, and Greta Schröder, with Günther Krampf and Fritz Arno Wagner serving as directors of photography. Hans Erdmann composed the music for the black-and-white picture, which has a 4:3 aspect ratio.
The film is classified as a horror, drama, and vampire film. Its narrative takes place in Transylvania and Northern Germany, featuring the character Count Orlok. Release dates are recorded as February 17, 1922, and March 15, 1922, with a TMDb release date of February 16, 1922. Runtime figures vary between 89 and 94 minutes. The work has received a TMDb vote average of 7.657 from 2,446 votes and an IMDb rating of 7.8 from 123,500 votes. Derivative works include *Nosferatu the Vampyre* and *Vampire in Venice*.
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Film · TMDB
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
Internet Archive
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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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