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Graf Orlok

Gender	Male
Race	White Vampire
Allies	Knock
Enemies	Thomas Hutter Professor Bulwer
First appearance	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
Created by	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau

Graf Orlok (ger. White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living This article is about the character in Bram Stoker's Dracula For the card game please see Renfield (card game. Jonathan Harker is a fictional character and the Protagonist in the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker (though other productions show Nosferatu A Symphony of Horror is a German Expressionist film by F Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, better known as F W Murnau ( December 28, 1888 &ndash March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. "Count Orlok") is a fictional character portrayed by Max Schreck in the silent movie Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens. Maximilian "Max" Schreck ( September 6, 1879 &ndash February 20, 1936) was a German Actor. Nosferatu A Symphony of Horror is a German Expressionist film by F He was based on Bram Stoker's character, Count Dracula. Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912 was an Irish writer of novels and short stories who is best known today for his 1897 horror

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In Nosferatu, Count Orlok is a vampire who poses as a nobleman from the Carpathian Mountains who moves to the fictional city of Wisborg, Germany, and brings death with him. Nosferatu A Symphony of Horror is a German Expressionist film by F Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians (Carpaţi Czech, Polish and Slovak: Karpaty; Ukrainian: Карпати Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. He lives in a vast castle high in the mountains, which is badly neglected and has a highly sinister feel to it. A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. Local townsfolk refuse to go anywhere near his castle. Orlok is visited by the film's protagonist, the young Thomas Hutter, the assistant of a Wisborg estate agent, who travels to his castle to show properties for sale in Wisborg. The Protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. Jonathan Harker is a fictional character and the Protagonist in the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker (though other productions show Orlok conceals himself in one of his soil-filled coffins and is loaded onto a ship bound for Wisborg. A ship /ʃɪp/ is a large vessel that floats on water Ships are generally distinguished from Boats based on size On board the ship, he kills every crew member until only the captain and his first mate remain. Later when the first mate goes to the cargo hold to investigate, Count Orlok rises from his coffin, terrifying the first mate who jumps overboard in fear. The captain ties himself to the wheel of the ship when Count Orlok creeps up on him and kills the captain. Upon his arrival in Wisborg, he spreads disease and plague, forcing the local authorities to declare a quarantine and provoking hysteria amongst the citizens. A disease is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly For other uses see Quarantine (disambiguation Quarantine is voluntary or compulsory isolation typically to contain the spread of something Hysteria in its colloquial use describes a state of Mind, one of unmanageable Fear or Emotional excesses At the end of the film, Orlok attempts to attack Hutter's young wife in her room, but is caught unaware by the rays of the rising sun, which burns him away in a cloud of smoke. The Sun (Sol is the Star at the center of the Solar System. A cloud is a visible mass of droplets or frozen crystals floating in the atmosphere above the surface of the Earth or another Planetary body Smoke is the collection of airborne solid and liquid Particulates and Gases ref> ''Smoke Production and Properties'' - SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering

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Orlok is the main model for a style of fictional vampire that is often nicknamed nosferatu after the movie. Although based upon Count Dracula, Orlok possesses none of his predecessor's aristocratic charm or seductiveness. He resembles something between a rat and a spider and is much more analogous to historical accounts of vampires. Rats are various medium sized long-tailed Rodents of the superfamily Muroidea Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings He sleeps in soil infected with the Black Death, and brings plague and disease with him. Soil, often typeset as SOiL, is a four piece rock band from Chicago Illinois United States founded by Shaun Glass Tom Schofield Tim King and Adam Zadel The Black Death, or the Black Plague, was one of the deadliest Pandemics in human history widely thought to have been caused by a bacterium named Yersinia A pandemic (from Greek παν pan all + δήμος demos people is an Epidemic of Infectious disease that spreads through A disease is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly He is followed everywhere by rats, traditional carriers of the feared Black Death. Rats are various medium sized long-tailed Rodents of the superfamily Muroidea In terms of horror movie stereotypes, other vampires based upon this character are creatures bordering between a vampire and a mutant. Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers A mutant is an individual organism or new genetic character arising or resulting from an instance of Mutation, which is a base-pair sequence change within the DNA

There are several examples of later film makers basing their vampires upon the Orlok-style vampire. Klaus Kinski in Nosferatu the Vampyre is an obvious example. Klaus Kinski ( October 18, 1926 &ndash November 23, 1991) was a German Actor, famous for his ability to project onscreen Nosferatu the Vampyre ( Ger. Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht, Eng. The original Salem's Lot mini-series (based on the Stephen King novel of the same name) further portrayed the master vampire, Kurt Barlow, as looking very much like Orlok. Salem's Lot is a 1979 horror Television mini-series directed by Tobe Hooper, from the Paul Monash Teleplay, and starred former Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, 'Salem's Lot is a 1975 horror Novel written by Stephen King, and was the author's second published novel Kurt Barlow is a Fictional character in Stephen King 's 1975 horror Novel, 'Salem's Lot. Eli Damaskinos, Jared Nomak and the entire Reaper race in Blade II also resemble Count Orlok. Blade II is a 2002 vampire Action film directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Wesley Snipes. Blade II is a 2002 vampire Action film directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Wesley Snipes. Vampires ( homines nocturnae) of the Blade movie universe are an offshoot of humanity with their progenitor being the entity Drake Blade II is a 2002 vampire Action film directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Wesley Snipes. The Master from Buffy The Vampire Slayer as well resembles Count Orlok. The Master is a Fictional character from the Television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off series Angel Fictional narratives (and works of art exist beyond their completion e The Strangers from the 1998 film Dark City also seem to be inspired by Orlok. Is possible too that the character Count Olaf from A Series of Unfortunate Events was inspired by Orlok. Count Olaf is the primary villain of the children's Book series A Series of Unfortunate Events (by Lemony Snicket) A Series of Unfortunate Events is a children's Book series of thirteen novels written by Daniel Handler under the Pseudonym of

The 2000 film Shadow of the Vampire presented a fictional account of the filming of Nosferatu in which Schreck (played by Willem Dafoe) is actually a vampire. Shadow of the Vampire is a movie that opened in the United States on December 29, 2000. William J "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is a three-time Academy Award -nominated American Film and stage

In Kim Newman's Anno Dracula, Orlok serves in the Carpathian Guards of Dracula and is the Governor of the Tower of London. Kim Newman (born July 31, 1959) is an English journalist, film critic, and Fiction Writer. Anno Dracula is a 1992 novel by British writer Kim Newman. The book is an Alternate history novel that contains characters from multiple Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary Antagonist the vampire Count Dracula. Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically as The Tower) is a historic monument in central London Orlok appears as part of the German forces, along with other silent film characters such as Doctor Caligari and Doctor Mabuse, trying to create the Red Baron in Newman's sequel, The Bloody Red Baron. Caligari redirects here For the company see Caligari Corporation. Doctor Mabuse is a Fictional character created by Norbert Jacques made famous by the three films Austrian director Fritz Lang made about him over a period WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Bloody Red Baron is a 1995 novel by British author Kim Newman.

Orlok has also been featured on several occasions in the popular Castlevania video game series. Castlevania is a Video game series created and developed by Konami. First, he served as a boss in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, in which he is referred to as Orlox. Castlevania Symphony of the Night is a 2D Action-adventure game developed and published by Konami in 1997 Also, in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Orlox's Suit can be equipped as armor. is an Action-adventure game developed and published by Konami for the Game Boy Advance.

Orlok was portrayed under the name "Nosferatu" in the highly popular Spongebob Squarepants TV show, where at the end of the episode "The Graveyard Shift" he was shown turning a light switch on and off. SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series and Media franchise.

Additionally, Californian cinema grind band Graf Orlock took their name from the character.

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