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Bookmark this pageNosferatu – eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
Director: FW Murnau
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Murnau's classic vampire movie, though not his best film, remains one of the most poetic of all horror films. Its power derives partly from Schreck's almost literally sub-human portrayal of the Count, respelendent with long ears and fingers and a wizened, skeletal face, partly from the sexual undercurrents coursing through the movie which suggest that the vampire is a threat not only to bougeois society and its emphasis upon scientific rationality, but also to the very marriage of the Harker couple. A film that survives repeated viewings.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: FW Murnau
Producer: Albin Grau, Enrico Dieckmann
Cast: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, GH Schnell, Ruth Landshoff, John Gottowt, Gustav Botz full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Rated: PG
Duration: 90 mins
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