Nosferatu, symphony of horror - Friedrich W. Murnau (1929)

Nosferatu, symphony of horror - Friedrich W. Murnau (1929)
Director: F.W. Murnau
Writer: Henrik Galeen (writer)
Release Date: 3 June 1929 (USA)
Genre: Horror
Runtime: 1:33:21


* Cast:

Max Schreck ... Graf Orlok
Gustav von Wangenheim ... Hutter (as Gustav v. Wangenheim)
Greta Schröder ... Ellen Hutter, seine Frau (as Greta Schroeder)
Alexander Granach ... Knock, ein Häusermakler
Georg H. Schnell ... Westenra - Hutters Freund (as G.H. Schnell)
Ruth Landshoff ... Lucy, Westenras Frau
John Gottowt ... Professor Bulwer, ein Paracelsianer
Gustav Botz ... Professor Sievers - der Stadtarzt
Max Nemetz ... Käpitän der Demeter
Wolfgang Heinz ... Matrose 1
Albert Venohr ... Matrose 2
Eric van Viele ... Matrose 3


* Synopsis:


The story is narrated from the diary of Johann Cavallius, historian of the city of Bremen, who is wondering if it was the Nosferatu who brought the plague to Bremen in 1838.


Newlyweds Hutter [Gustav von Wangenheim] and Ellen [Greta Schroeder] are saddened when Hutter is sent to Transylvania by Hutter's employer Knock [Alexander Grannach] to arrange for Count Orlok's [Max Schreck] purchase of a house across the street from the Hutters' house in Bremen. Hutter travels to Transylvania where he stays with the Count, is sucked by the Count, and eventually escapes from the castle but not before seeing the Count depart on a cart loaded with coffins. While Hutter recuperates in a hospital after succeeding in his escape, the Count moves into the house across from the Hutters'. The rise in deaths is accredited to a plague thought to have arrived with the Demeter. The "Book of the Vampires" tells Ellen what she must do to end the vampire.


The Count meets his doom when Ellen manages to keep him until after cock crow. Best scene is the vampire rising from Ellen's neck after realizing the cock has crowed. As the sun slowly advances on the houses across the street (visible from the window), the Nosferatu attempts to escape. In doing so, he passes the window and is trapped by the sunlight. He 'vaporizes' into a puff of fire on the carpet.


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