Description

Translated as Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror; or simply Nosferatu is a 1922 German Expressionism horror film, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok.
The film, shot in 1921 and released in 1922, was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, with names and other details changed because the studio could not obtain the rights to the novel (for instance, “vampire” became “Nosferatu (word)” and “Count Dracula” became “Count Orlok”). Stoker’s heirs sued over the adaptation, and a court ruling ordered that all copies of the film be destroyed. However, one print of Nosferatu survived, and the film came to be regarded as an influential masterpiece of cinema.

Cast

• Max Schreck as Count Orlok
• Gustav von Wangenheim as Jonathan Harker
• Greta Schröder as Mina Harker
• Alexander Granach as Renfield
• Ruth Landshoff as Lucy Westenra
• Wolfgang Heinz (actor) as First Mate of The Empusa
• Georg H. Schnell as Arthur Holmwood
• John Gottowt as Abraham Van Helsing
• Gustav Botz as John Seward
• Max Nemetz as The Captain of The Empusa
• Heinrich Witte as guard in asylum
• Guido Herzfeld as innkeeper
• Karl Etlinger as student with Bulwer
• Hardy von Francois as hospital doctor
• Fanny Schreck as hospital nurse