Director
F.W. Murnau
Starring
Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder
Run Time
97 mins
Release Year
1922
Country of Origin
Germany
Language
No
Director of Photography: Fritz Arno Wagner, Günther Krampf
Produced by: Enrico Dieckmann, Albin Grau
Music: Hans Erdmann
Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens)
Part of the Night Moves Strand
It wasn’t silent cinema’s first depiction of vampirism, but 1922’s Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror can stake a claim to being the most influential, its legacy enduring while the era’s other undead have been lost. An unauthorized adaptation of Dracula, FW Murnau’s German Expressionist masterpiece was itself nearly destroyed after Bram Stoker’s estate sued for copyright infringement. Happily, several copies survived, so we can now raise a centenary goblet of blood to Max Shreck’s peerless portrayal of gothic fiend Count Orlok. [PG]