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Nosferatu

starring: Max Schreck, Greta Schröder, Ruth Landshoff, Gustav von Wangenheim, Alexander Granach
directed by: F.W. Murnau

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381027723
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Release Date: January 02, 2001
Running Time: 81 minutes
Sales Rank: 11765
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: June 03, 1929



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Description:
The greatest horror film of all! A long time ago in middle Europe, a decrepit, forbidding castle stood. Casting an ominous shadow over the townspeople who dare not look upon it, the unholy dwelling is home to one Count Orlok (Max Schreck), an undead night creature with a taste for human blood. Showcasing the extremely eerie Schreck, 'Nosferatu' is the first screen adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel 'Dracula,' stylistically directed by the legendary F.W. Murnau. Now available in this gorgeous newly remastered and rescored by The Silent Orchestra in 5.1 audio.

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As noted critic Pauline Kael observed, '... this first important film of the vampire genre has more spectral atmosphere, more ingenuity, and more imaginative ghoulish ghastliness than any of its successors.' Some really good vampire movies have been made since Kael wrote those words, but German director F.W. Murnau's 1922 version remains a definitive adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Created when German silent films were at the forefront of visual technique and experimentation, Murnau's classic is remarkable for its creation of mood and setting, and for the unforgettably creepy performance of Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a.k.a. the blood-sucking predator Nosferatu. With his rodent-like features and long, bony-fingered hands, Schreck's vampire is an icon of screen horror, bringing pestilence and death to the town of Bremen in 1838. (These changes of story detail were made necessary when Murnau could not secure a copyright agreement with Stoker's estate.) Using negative film, double-exposures, and a variety of other in-camera special effects, Murnau created a vampire classic that still holds a powerful influence on the horror genre. (Werner Herzog's 1978 film Nosferatu the Vampyre is both a remake and a tribute, and Francis Coppola adopted many of Murnau's visual techniques for Bram Stoker's Dracula.) Seen today, Murnau's film is more of a fascinating curiosity, but its frightening images remain effectively eerie. --Jeff Shannon



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - One of the Greats
This was the 1st time I have ever seen this movie all the way through. I am more of a fan of current ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Nosferatu Needs A Careful Watching to Appreciate
Ironically, for a film that is 86 years old, "Nosferatu" starts off, like a bad, self-produced YouTube ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Best Nosferatu edition available on DVD
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Great Dracula Movie!
This is by far my favorite Dracula movie. It was not copyrighted and was ordered to be destroyed in 1923. ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Creepy.... Creepy I tell ya
Great acting, great scenery and chilling story; Dracula, the master is back

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