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Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau   1888-1931

 

 

 

 

Max Schreck as Count Orlok in FW Murnau’s Nosferatu.

 

Photograph: Ronald Grant

 

Europe in 25 films: the critics’ choice

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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/10/
european-film-must-see-25-movie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Count Orlok’s costume design,

including false teeth, ears and signature talons,

along with the distinctive black overcoat,

were the work of Grau, the producer.

 

Photograph: Eureka Entertainment

 

100 Years of ‘Nosferatu,’ the Vampire Movie That Won’t Die

F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent film continues to live on

in the popular imagination,

as a fairy tale, a meme and a cinematic revenant.

NYT

March 24, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/
movies/nosferatu-100-robert-eggers-remake.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Berlin exhibition will also include

posters for “Nosferatu” designed by Albin Grau,

the movie’s producer.

 

Photograph:

Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Trogen (CH)

 

Photograph: Eureka Entertainment

 

100 Years of ‘Nosferatu,’ the Vampire Movie That Won’t Die

F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent film continues to live on

in the popular imagination,

as a fairy tale, a meme and a cinematic revenant.

NYT

March 24, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/
movies/nosferatu-100-robert-eggers-remake.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nosferatu    Full film    1922

 

 

 

 

Nosferatu    1922

Best Classics    Public domain films in best quality

 

Based on the novel Dracula (by Bram Stoker),

this silent movie is probably the best ever film

based on the book.

 

Count Orlok seeks to move from his castle

to a new city.

 

Real estate agent Hutter travels

to meet Count Orlok in his castle

to sell him an empty house in the city.

 

Directed by: F.W. Murnau

Actors: Max Schreck, Greta Schröder, Ruth Landshoff,

Gustav von Wangenheim, Gustav Botz, John Gottowt

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCT1YUtNOA8&t=3s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau    1888-1931

 

born Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/
fw-murnau

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
F._W._Murnau

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/31/
nosferatu-silent-horror-movie-100-years

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/
movies/nosferatu-100-robert-eggers-remake.html

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2018/apr/04/
my-favourite-film-decade-1920s-nosferatu-the-general

 

 

 

 

https://www.npr.org/2015/07/18/
424079267/nosferatu-directors-head-stolen-from-german-grave

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/14/
nosferatu-director-head-stolen-germany-grave-fw-murnau

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/17/
murnau-faust-dvd-classic-philip-french-symphony-light-darkness

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jul/21/
tabu-murnau-classic-dvd

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/nov/16/
my-favourite-film-sunrise

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/may/22/
murnau-city-girl-philip-french-classic-dvd

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/22/
nosferatu-symphony-horror-murnau

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/feb/27/
alfred-hitchcock-berlin

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/
movies/homevideo/09dvds.html 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/nov/20/
featuresreviews.guardianreview7

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jan/31/1

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/1931/03/19/
archives/the-screen-mr-marnaus-last-picture.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/1931/03/12/
archives/fw-murnau-killed-in-coast-auto-crash-
movie-director-planned-to-go.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/1928/10/07/
archives/mr-murnaus-4-devils-simple-circus-story-beautifully-directed-dr.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/1927/10/16/
archives/mr-murnau-the-screen-artist-director-of-last-laugh-and-sunrise.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/1927/09/24/
archives/the-screen.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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