Nosferatu : symphony of horror / adapted by Henrik Galeen ; directed by F.W. Murnau.
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FilmPublisher number: K1208 | Kino ClassicsK1208A | Kino ClassicsK1208B | Kino ClassicsLanguage: No linguistic content Original language: German Subtitle language: English, German Publisher: New York, New York : Kino Classics, [2013]Edition: 2-disc deluxe remastered editionDescription: 2 videodiscs (95 min.) : sound, black and white, color tinted ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- German title: Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
- Title on container: FW Murnau's Nosferatu
- Nosferatu (Motion picture : 1922).
- Photographed by Fritz Arno Wagner ; restored by Luciano Berriatúa on behalf of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung; reconstruction of the original score, Berndt Heller.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
F. W. Murnau's landmark vampire film Nosferatu isn't merely a variation on Bram Stoker's Dracula: it's a direct steal, so much so that Stoker's widow went to court, demanding in vain that the Murnau film be suppressed and destroyed. The character names have been changed to protect the guilty (in the original German prints, at least), but devotees of Stoker will have little trouble recognizing their Dracula counterparts. The film begins in the Carpathian mountains, where real estate agent Hutter (Gustav von Wagenheim) has arrived to close a sale with the reclusive Herr Orlok (Max Schreck). Despite the feverish warnings of the local peasants, Hutter insists upon completing his journey to Orlok's sinister castle. While enjoying his host's hospitality, Hutter accidently cuts his finger-whereupon Orlok tips his hand by staring intently at the bloody digit, licking his lips. Hutter catches on that Orlok is no ordinary mortal when he witnesses the vampiric nobleman loading himself into a coffin in preparation for his journey to Bremen. By the time the ship bearing Orlok arrives at its destination, the captain and crew have all been killed-and partially devoured. There follows a wave of mysterious deaths in Bremen, which the local authorities attribute to a plague of some sort. But Ellen, Hutter's wife, knows better. Armed with the knowledge that a vampire will perish upon exposure to the rays of the sun, Ellen offers herself to Orlok, deliberately keeping him "entertained" until sunrise. At the cost of her own life, Ellen ends Orlok's reign of terror once and for all. Rumors still persist that Max Schreck, the actor playing Nosferatu, was actually another, better-known performer in disguise. Whatever the case, Schreck's natural countenance was buried under one of the most repulsive facial makeups in cinema history-one that was copied to even greater effect by Klaus Kinski in Werner Herzog's 1979 remake - Nosferatu the Vampyre. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.
Hans Erdmann's original 1922 score, in 5.1 Surround or 2.0 Stereo
Newly mastered in HD from the archival 35mm restoration by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
Special features: The language of shadows (2007), a 52-minute documentary on F.W. Murnau's early career and the making of Nosferatu ; Lengthy excerpts from other films by F.W. Murnau: Journey into the night (1920), The Haunted castle (1921), Phantom (1922), The finances of the Grand Duke (1924), The last laugh (1924), Tartuffe (1925), Faust (1926), and Tabu (1931) ; image gallery.
disc 1. Feature film with English intertitles -- disc 2. Feature film with German intertitles.
Photographed by Fritz Arno Wagner ; restored by Luciano Berriatúa on behalf of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung; reconstruction of the original score, Berndt Heller.
Music performers, Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra ; conductor, Berndt Heller.
Max Schreck, Greta Schroeder, Ruth Landshoff, Gustav Von Wangenheim, Alexander Granach, George H. Schnell.
The quintessential silent vampire film, crafted by legendary German director F. W. Murnau. Rather than depicting Dracula as a shape-shifting monster or debonair gentleman, Murnau's Graf Orlok is a nightmarish, spidery creature of bulbous head and taloned claws, perhaps the most genuinely disturbing incarnation of vampirism yet envisioned.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, (1.33:1) HD, 5.1 Surround, 2.0 Stereo.
Silent dialogue with English intertitles (disc 1) or German intertitles with optional English subtitles (disc 2) and added music score.