Nosferatu
Summary
Rather than depict Dracula as a shape-shifting monster or debonair gentleman, Murnau's Graf Orlok is a nightmarish, spidery creature with a bulbous head and taloned claws. This is perhaps the most genuinely disturbing incarnation of vampirism. Full description
Summary: |
Rather than depict Dracula as a shape-shifting monster or debonair gentleman, Murnau's Graf Orlok is a nightmarish, spidery creature with a bulbous head and taloned claws. This is perhaps the most genuinely disturbing incarnation of vampirism. |
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Item Description: |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1922. Based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker; freely adapted by Henrik Galeen. Special features: lengthy excerpts from other films by F.W. Murnau: Journey into the night (1920); The haunted castle (1921); Phantom (1922); The last laugh (1924); Faust (1926); Tabu (1931); choose from two musical scores in digital stereo; photo gallery; scene comparison: novel, screenplay & film. |
Physical Description: |
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: |
DVD, Region 1 encoding. |
Audience: |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Production Credits: |
Director of photography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; art director, Albin Grau ; music composers, Gérad Hourbette, Thierry Zaboitzeff ; costume designer, Albin Grau ; film restoration Cineteca del Comune di Bologna ; Labratory ; L'Immagine Ritrovata - Bologna, Italy ; Transit Film, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung. |