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17/01/1979 Drama, Horror 1h 47m
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It is fear and fun. It is a scream of horror and a cry of delight. It is Nosferatu, the Vampyre.

Overview

A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.

  1. Werner Herzog

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Klaus Kinski

    Count Dracula

  2. Isabelle Adjani

    Lucy Harker

  3. Bruno Ganz

    Jonathan Harker

  4. Roland Topor

    Renfield

  5. Walter Ladengast

    Dr. Van Helsing

  6. Martje Grohmann

    Mina

  7. Carsten Bodinus

    Schrader

  8. Beverly Walker

    Abbess

  9. Jacques Dufilho

    Captain

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Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by badelf
Written by badelf on 2025-12-27
The visuals in Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" are luscious, hauntingly beautiful in ways that make you wonder: where did Herzog find these set pieces? The plague-ridden streets, the Gothic architecture, the rats flooding through medieval towns—it all feels discovered rather than constructed. This is Herzog's trademark style at its finest. You never feel like you're watching a movie. Instead, you're observing a documentary about a particular vampire, as though this is simply everyday experience captured on film.

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Status
Released

Original Language
German

Budget
$1,400,000.00

Revenue
$3,451.00

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