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Max Schreck.
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Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
(Nosferatu, a Symphony of Terror)
AKA Die zwoelfte Stunde: Eine Nacht des Grauens in Germany; Dracula in the United Kingdom; Nosferatu in the USA : [Nosferatu, the Vampire], [Nosferatu, the Vampyre], [The Terror of Dracula]
(1922) German
B&W : Feature film
Directed by F.W. Murnau
Cast: Max Schreck [Count Orlok], Gustav von Wangenheim [Hutter], Greta Schröeder [Ellen Hutter], Alexander Granach [Knock], John Gottowt [Professor Bulwer], Gustav Botz [Professor Sievers], Georg H. Schnell [Harding], Ruth Landshoff [Ruth Harding], Max Nemetz [ship captain], Wolfgang Heinz [sailor], Albert Venohr [sailor], Karl Etlinger, Guido Herzfeld, Heinrich Witte, Hardy von Francois, Gustav v. Wangenheim (Gustav von Wangenheim)
Prana-Film production. / Produced by Enrico Dieckmann and Albin Grau. Scenario by Henrik Galeen, from the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Cinematography by Fritz Arno Wagner + [Günther Krampf]. Production design by Albin Grau. Costume design by Albin Grau. Music score by Hans Erdmann. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The second film adaptation of the Stoker novel; the first was the Hungarian production Drakula halála (1921). The film was banned by the British Board of Film Censors in 1922. The film was rereleased in 1930 in German sound version, with synchronized music and sound effects as Die zwoelfte Stunde: Eine Nacht des Grauens.
Drama: Horror.
Survival Status: Print exists [35mm positive].
Keywords: Animals: Rats - Death - Fear - Sailing ships - Superstitions - Vampires
Listing updated: 13 March 2007.
References: Film viewing : Aylesworth-Monsters pp. 95-97, 98, 149; Aylesworth-Movie pp. 43, 76; Bardèche-History pp. 190, 195, 252; Bohn-Light pp. xxiii, 126, 127, 159; Everson-American pp. 326, 329; Gallagher-Ford p. 54; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 72; Kael-Kiss pp. 319, 357, 365; Lahue-Collecting p. 35; Limbacher-Feature p. 175; Lloyd-Seventy pp. 33, 34; Manchel-Terrors pp. 26-28, 29, 37-38; Marrero-Vintage pp. 15, 18, 25, 30, 159; McCaffrey-Guide p. 12; McGhee-Wayne p. 108; Robertson-British p. 186; Shipman-Cinema p. 75; Sinyard-Silent p. 161; Steinbrunner-Encyclopedia p. 129; Vermilye-Twenties p. 179 : Website-IMDb.
Home Video: DVD.
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