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30/08/2000 Drama, Horror 1h 35m
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An unspeakable horror. A creative genius. Captured for eternity.

Overview

Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."

  1. E. Elias Merhige

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. John Malkovich

    F. W. Murnau

  2. Willem Dafoe

    Max Schreck

  3. Udo Kier

    Albin Grau

  4. Cary Elwes

    Fritz Arno Wagner

  5. Catherine McCormack

    Greta Schröder

  6. Suzy Eddie Izzard

    Gustav von Wangenhein

  7. Aden Gillett

    Henrik Galeen

  8. Nicholas Elliott

    Paul

  9. Ronan Vibert

    Wolfgang Müller

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2015-10-12
Did I kill one of your people, Murnau? I can't remember.

F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) is filming Nosferatu (1922), but isn't reclusive star Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe) taking his role of the vampire way too seriously?

In some ways it's a curate's egg of a film. It certainly helps if you are a lover of old classic film and have some knowledge of the source material at the film's core. It's a fabulous concept that the screenplay is based around, that the star of the film may actually be a real vampire, and the whole production is executed with consummate skill (Dafoe was deservedly Oscar no...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$8,000,000.00

Revenue
$8,279,017.00

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