Nosferatu

DVD Features:

Additional Release Material:

• Additional Footage - 1. Excerpts from F.W. Murnau's JOURNEY INTO THE NIGHT, THE HAUNTED CASTLE, PHANTOM, THE LAST LAUGH, FAUST, and TABU
• Featurette - 1. Scene Comparison: Novel, Screenplay, and Film
• Alternate Audio Track - 1. Score Composed by Gerard Hourbette and Thierry Zaboitzeff
                                    2. Score Composed by Donald Sosin

Interactive Features:

• Scene Access
• Interactive Menus

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Stills/Photos

Product Description:

F.W. Murnau's German silent classic is the original--and some say most frightening--DRACULA adaptation, taking Bram Stoker's novel and turning it into a haunting, shadowy dream full of dread. Names had to be changed from the novel when Stoker's wife charged his novel was being filmed without proper permission. Running times vary depending upon versions of the film. Count Orlok, the rodentlike vampire frighteningly portrayed by Max Schreck, is perhaps the most animalistic screen portrayal of a vampire ever filmed. The design was copied by Werner Herzog in his 1979 remake and by Tobe Hooper for his telefilm of Stephen King's SALEM'S LOT that same year. NOSFERATU is an eerie, menacing film that should not be missed.

Plot Keywords:

Classic | Essential Cinema | Germany | Horror | Recommended | Silent | Theatrical Release | Vampires | Vintage

Production Notes:

• The last name of Max Schreck is German for "terror" or "to frighten."
• In 2000, Willem Dafoe portrayed Max Schreck and John Malkovich played F.W. Murnau in the film SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE.

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