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Max Schreck as Count Orlok in FW Murnau’s Nosferatu.
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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
Germany
1888-1931
born Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe
https://www.theguardian.com/film/
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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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