Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
A promotional film poster for Nosferatu
Directed by	F. W. Murnau
Produced by	Enrico Dieckmann Albin Grau
Written by	Bram Stoker Henrik Galeen
Starring	Max Schreck Gustav von Wangenheim Greta Schröder Alexander Granach Georg H. Schnell Ruth Landshoff John Gottowt Max Nemetz Wolfgang Heinz Albert Vehnor Heinrich Witte Guido Herzfeld Karl Etlinger Fanny Schreck Hardy von Francois Gustav Botz
Cinematography	Fritz Arno Wagner Günther Krampf
Distributed by	Film Arts Guild
Release date(s)	4 March 1922 3 June 1929
Running time	94 min. Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, better known as F W Murnau ( December 28, 1888 &ndash March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential Albin Grau was an artist architect and occultist and the producer and production designer for F 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 Maximilian "Max" Schreck ( September 6, 1879 &ndash February 20, 1936) was a German Actor. Gustav von Wangenheim ( February 18 1895 – August 5 1975) was a German Actor, Screenwriter and director Greta Schröder (1891 &ndash 1967 was a German Actress. She is best known for the role of Thomas Hutter's wife and victim to Count Orlok in the Alexander Granach ( April 18, 1890 &ndash March 14, 1945) was a popular German Actor in the 1920s and 1930s Georg H Schnell ( April 11, 1878 - März 31, 1951 is a German actor who is best known for his role as Harding in Nosferatu eine Symphonie des John Gottowt ( 15 June 1881 &ndash 29 August 1942) was a German actor Stage director and Film director for theatres Fanny Schreck (1877 &ndash 1951 also known as Fanny Schreck-Normann, Both husband and wife acted in their most well-known film Nosferatu, with Fanny Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Country	Germany
Language	Silent film German intertitles
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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is a German Expressionist film by F. W. Murnau, starring Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. In Motion pictures an intertitle (also known as a title card) is a piece of filmed printed text edited into the midst of (i German Expressionism is the term used to refer to a number of related creative movements which emerged in Germany before the first world war which reached a peak in Berlin Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, better known as F W Murnau ( December 28, 1888 &ndash March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential Maximilian "Max" Schreck ( September 6, 1879 &ndash February 20, 1936) was a German Actor. Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living Profile In Nosferatu, Count Orlok is a Vampire who poses as a nobleman from the Carpathian Mountains who moves to the fictional city of The film, shot in 1921 and released in 1922, was in essence 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," and Count Dracula became Count Orlok). Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events November 26 - The Toll of the Sea, starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general 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 Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary Antagonist the vampire Count Dracula. The name Nosferatu has been presented as a Romanian word Synonymous with " Vampire "

Plot

Thomas Hutter is an employee at a real estate firm in a fictitious German city called Wisborg (the name of the town being a reference to the actual town Wismar), happily living with Ellen, his wife. Wismar (ˈvɪsmaʁ is a small port and Hanseatic League town in northern Germany on the Baltic Sea, in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,about One day, his employer, Knock, receives a mysterious letter, written in strange symbols. Knock decides to send him to visit Count Orlok in the Carpathian Mountains to finalize the sale of a house. Hutter leaves his wife with his good friend Harker, and Harkers's wife Lucy, before embarking on his multiple-month journey.

Close to his final destination, Hutter boards at an inn, where the locals become frightened at the mere mention of Orlok's name, and discourage him from traveling to his castle during the night. In his room at the inn, Hutter finds a book entitled The Book of the Vampires, which he disregards before falling asleep.

Hutter is left to finish his journey on foot after his hired driver refuses to pass the bridge to the castle. However, he is soon picked up by Count Orlok's coach, which is driven by a strange specter that hides its face, and moves at an unnatural speed. At his arrival at the castle, whose doors open by themselves, he is welcomed by Count Orlok. His grotesque facial features hidden at this stage by his hat, Orlok initially appears to be a mere eccentric gentleman. Hutter has dinner at the castle; Orlok refuses to eat and silently reads a letter. A bell rings at midnight and a startled Hutter cuts his thumb. Count Orlok tries to suck the blood out of the wound, before being repelled by a cross hanging around Hutter's neck. Hutter falls asleep in the parlor after a conversation with Orlok.

Hutter wakes up to an empty castle with fresh wounds on his neck, which he attributes to mosquitoes. That night he is joined by Orlok and they sign the documents for the sale of the house facing Hutter's. Hutter finds The Book of the Vampires in his luggage and starts to suspect that Orlok is nosferatu. The name Nosferatu has been presented as a Romanian word Synonymous with " Vampire " He tries to hide in his bedroom as midnight approaches. However, the closed door opens by itself and Orlok comes in, his true nature revealed. At the same time, Ellen sleepwalks and is found by Harker in a comatose state, screaming for Hutter. Her screams stop Orlok, who leaves Hutter untouched.

Waking up, Hutter explores the castle and its crypt. He finds a coffin, where Orlok is resting in a dormant state. Paralyzed with fear and the sheer sight of the nosferatu, he dashes back to his room, where he witnesses Orlok piling up coffins on a coach and climbing into the last one before the coach leaves. Hutter escapes the castle through the window, but is knocked unconscious when he falls and hits the ground. Meanwhile, the coffins are shipped down a river on a raft.

Next, Hutter is at a hospital after his flight from the castle. The coffins are put into a large boat, after the crew sees that they are full of soil and rats.

In a psychiatric ward, Knock is in a confinement cell where he eats flies and tries to bite the neck of his doctor. Hutter decides to leave the hospital to warn his town against Orlok. In his cell, Knock steals a newspaper with news of a new plague, which causes him to rejoice. The sailors on the boat carrying the coffins get sick and soon, all but two are dead. One of them decides to destroy the coffins, which are now crawling with rats. However, Orlok wakes up and confronted with this vision, the sailor jumps into the sea. The captain ties himself to his ship's wheel. Orlok is the new master of the boat.

The ship arrives. Orlok leaves it unseen in one of his coffins, quickly followed by the rats. Knock escapes from his cell. Hutter also arrives in Germany. The next morning, the ship is inspected and it appears empty, except for the dead captain with wound marks on his neck. The logbook of the ship is found, the doctors realize they are dealing with plague. The town is stricken with panic. Ellen reads the book of vampires, despite Hutter's forbidding. She learns how to kill a vampire: a woman pure in heart must make him forget the rooster's first crowing. The town is flooded with corpses and its people chase Knock, mistaking him for a vampire.

Orlok stares from his window at the sleeping Ellen. She opens her window to invite him in but faints. As Hutter leaves to get help, Orlok comes in. He drinks her blood and forgets about the dawning day. A rooster crows and Orlok goes up in smoke as he tries to escape. The last image of the movie is Orlok's castle in the Carpathian Mountains.

Cast

• Max Schreck as Count Orlok (Count Dracula)
• Alexander Granach as Knock (Renfield)
• Gustav von Wangenheim as Hutter (Jonathan Harker)
• Greta Schröder as Ellen Hutter (Mina Harker)
• Georg H. Schnell as Mr. Maximilian "Max" Schreck ( September 6, 1879 &ndash February 20, 1936) was a German Actor. Profile In Nosferatu, Count Orlok is a Vampire who poses as a nobleman from the Carpathian Mountains who moves to the fictional city of Alexander Granach ( April 18, 1890 &ndash March 14, 1945) was a popular German Actor in the 1920s and 1930s This article is about the character in Bram Stoker's Dracula For the card game please see Renfield (card game. Gustav von Wangenheim ( February 18 1895 – August 5 1975) was a German Actor, Screenwriter and director Jonathan Harker is a fictional character and the Protagonist in the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker (though other productions show Greta Schröder (1891 &ndash 1967 was a German Actress. She is best known for the role of Thomas Hutter's wife and victim to Count Orlok in the Wilhelmina "Mina" Harker is a Fictional character in Bram Stoker 's horror novel Dracula. Georg H Schnell ( April 11, 1878 - März 31, 1951 is a German actor who is best known for his role as Harding in Nosferatu eine Symphonie des Harding
• Ruth Landshoff as Lucy
• John Gottowt as Professor Bulwer (Abraham Van Helsing)
• Gustav Botz as Dr. John Gottowt ( 15 June 1881 &ndash 29 August 1942) was a German actor Stage director and Film director for theatres Sievers
• Max Nemetz as The Captain of The Demeter
• Wolfgang Heinz as First Mate of The Demeter

Production

Deviations from the novel

The story of Nosferatu is similar to that of Dracula and retains the core characters — Jonathan and Mina Harker, the Count, etc. — but omits many of the secondary players, such as Lucy and Van Helsing, and changes all of the character's names (although in some recent releases of this film, which is now in the public domain, the written dialog screens have been changed to use the Dracula versions of the names). The setting has been transferred from England and the 1890s to Germany in 1838. The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the " Mauve Decade" because William Henry Perkin 's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common

In contrast to Dracula, Orlok does not make any other vampires but kills his victims, causing the town folk to blame the plague, which ravages the city. Also, Orlok must sleep by day, as sunlight would kill him. The ending is also substantially different from that of Dracula. The Count is ultimately destroyed at sunrise when the "Mina" character sacrifices herself to him.

Parts of the film depicting Transylvania were in fact filmed in Slovakia. Transylvania (Ardeal or ro ''Transilvania'' Erdély, see also other denominations) is a Central European region located in the eastern half of the Carpathian Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million Nosferatu's castle, for instance, is Orava Castle in northern Slovakia, and other locations are in the High Tatras and on the Váh River around Strečno Castle. | |-| |-| |} Orava Castle ( Slovak: Oravský hrad, German: Arwaburg, Hungarian: Árva vára) is the name of a Castle High Tatras or High Tatra (Slovak and Czech Vysoké Tatry, Polish Tatry Wysokie) are a Mountain range on the borders between Slovakia The Strečno Castle (Strečniansky hrad is a Gothic castle in northern Slovakia, 7 km east of Žilina.

Influences

Max Schreck as Count Orlock

This was the first and last Prana Film; the company declared bankruptcy after Bram Stoker's estate, acting for his widow, Florence Stoker, sued for copyright infringement and won. Prana Film was a short-lived silent -era German Film studio. Its intent was to produce Occult and Supernatural themed films Florence Balcombe (17 July 1858 &ndash 25 May 1937 was the wife of Bram Stoker, whom she married in 1878 'Copyright infringement' (or copyright violation) is the unauthorized use of material that is covered by Copyright law in a manner that violates The court ordered all existing prints of Nosferatu destroyed, but copies of the film had already been distributed around the world. These prints were then copied over the years, helping Nosferatu gain its current reputation as one of the greatest movie adaptations of the vampire legend.

With the influence of producer and production designer Albin Grau, the film established one of two main depictions of film vampires. Albin Grau was an artist architect and occultist and the producer and production designer for F The "Nosferatu-type" is a living corpse with rodent features (especially elongated fingernails and incisors), associated with rats and plague, and neither charming nor erotic but rather totally repugnant. Rodentia is an order of Mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously-growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must A nail is a horn -like structure at the end of an animal's Finger or Toe. Incisors (from Latin incidere, "to cut" are the first kind of Tooth in Heterodont Mammals They are located in the Premaxilla Rats are various medium sized long-tailed Rodents of the superfamily Muroidea Bubonic plague is the best-known manifestation of the bacterial disease plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis (formerly known as The victims usually die and are not turned into vampires themselves. The more common archetype is the "Dracula-type" (established by Bela Lugosi's version of Dracula and perpetuated by Christopher Lee), a charming aristocrat adept at seduction and whose bite turns his victims into new vampires. Béla Lugosi (October 20 1882 &ndash August 16 1956 was an iconic Hungarian stage and film actor best known for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the American Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE, CStJ (born 27 May 1922 is a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated Saturn Award-winning English Actor

A more universal effect of the film is less obvious: the ending of Nosferatu single-handedly created the concept that vampires can be physically harmed by sunlight. While this was a common element of many other mythical creatures, pre-Nosferatu vampires disliked but could endure daylight (for instance, a scene in the original Dracula novel shows its Count in a London street by day). Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary Antagonist the vampire Count Dracula. Since the film's release, the vampire legend quickly incorporated the idea of fearing the sun.

Murnau's Nosferatu is in the public domain, and copies of the movie are widely available on video (usually as poorly transferred, faded, scratched video copies that are often scorned by enthusiasts). The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone However, pristine restored editions of the film have also been made available, and are also readily accessible to the public. The film preservation, or film restoration, movement is an ongoing project among film historians archivists Museums and Non-profit organizations to rescue The only complete, original copy is said to be owned by the German Max Schreck collector Jens Geutebrück. Maximilian "Max" Schreck ( September 6, 1879 &ndash February 20, 1936) was a German Actor. Jens Geutebrück ( May 11 1974) is an German stage and Film actor. The film was remade in 1979 as Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht, which was directed by Werner Herzog and starred Klaus Kinski. Nosferatu the Vampyre ( Ger. Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht, Eng. Werner Herzog (born Werner H Stipetić; September 5 1942 is a German Film director, Screenwriter, actor and Opera director Klaus Kinski ( October 18, 1926 &ndash November 23, 1991) was a German Actor, famous for his ability to project onscreen

Derivative works

• 1979 Werner Herzog's 1979 remake of Nosferatu, starring Klaus Kinski which in this film the vampire is known as Count Dracula and not Count Orlok. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Klaus Kinski ( October 18, 1926 &ndash November 23, 1991) was a German Actor, famous for his ability to project onscreen Profile In Nosferatu, Count Orlok is a Vampire who poses as a nobleman from the Carpathian Mountains who moves to the fictional city of The film is called Nosferatu: The Vampyre. Nosferatu the Vampyre ( Ger. Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht, Eng.
• 1988 A sequel to Werner Herzog's Nosferatu called Nosferatu in Venice. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Nosferatu a Venezia, also known as Vampires in Venice, is an Italian Horror film released in 1988 and directed by Augusto Caminito, starring Starring Klaus Kinski as Nosferatu and Christopher Plummer as Paris Catalano. Klaus Kinski ( October 18, 1926 &ndash November 23, 1991) was a German Actor, famous for his ability to project onscreen Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, CC (born December 13 1929 is a Canadian Theater, Film and Television actor.
• 2000 – A Hollywood movie called Shadow of the Vampire told a secret history of the making of Nosferatu, imagining that actor Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe) was actually a genuine vampire, and that director F. W. Murnau (John Malkovich) was complicit in hiring the creature for the purposes of realism. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Shadow of the Vampire is a movie that opened in the United States on December 29, 2000. A secret history (or shadow history) is a revisionist interpretation of either fictional or real (or known History which is claimed to have been deliberately William J "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is a three-time Academy Award -nominated American Film and stage Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, better known as F W Murnau ( December 28, 1888 &ndash March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an Emmy Award -winning two-time Academy Award -nominated American Actor

Cultural references

In film and television

• 1972 – Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires: When Dracula (John Forbes-Robertson) awakes, the lid of his sarcophagus opens by itself, and Dracula rises like a wooden plank on a hinge, à la Schreck in Nosferatu. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1979 - Salem's Lot, directed by Tobe Hooper, this television film features a very Orlok-like vampire, Mr. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Salem's Lot is a 1979 horror Television mini-series directed by Tobe Hooper, from the Paul Monash Teleplay, and starred former Tobe Hooper (born January 25, 1943) is an American director and Screenwriter, best known for his work in the Horror film Kurt Barlow, who is even more decayed and vermin-like in appearance. Kurt Barlow is a Fictional character in Stephen King 's 1975 horror Novel, 'Salem's Lot.
• 1989 - Woody Allen's segment in the movie New York Stories has Woody Allen mimicking Nosferatu's famous entrance, after a particularly stressful reappearance by Woody's character's mother. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and New York Stories is an Anthology film which was released in the USA in March 1989.
• 1991 – The vampire Radu from the Subspecies series of films has visual cues from Nosferatu, including the grotesque white face, and over-long fingers and nails. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Subspecies is an American Direct-to-video, horror Film series produced by Full Moon Studios.
• 1993 - The Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode "Midnight Madness" revolves around an eccentric filmmaker who has retitled the film Nosferatu: The Demon Vampire and added a plot twist: "In my version, the vampire wins!" Nosferatu proceeds to come to life and run amok in the movie theater. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a science fiction/horror-themed children's Television series. Cinemaaustraliajpg|thumb|A movie theater in Australia ]]A movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre or cinema is a venue
• 1993 - In The Simpsons episode Treehouse of Horror IV during the segment "Bart Simpson's Dracula", the shadow Mr. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) " Treehouse of Horror IV " is the fifth episode of The Simpsons ' fifth season, first aired on October 28, Burns casts against the wall when he welcomes The Simpsons into his castle references the famous shadow scene from Nosferatu.
• 1997 – The Master, the villain throughout the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, was visually based on Nosferatu, having long nails, large bat-like ears, and a bald white head, while having the facial features of what would be established as a "Buffyverse" vampire (more demonic in appearance, not so much rodent-like). Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar 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 " Buffyverse " is a term coined by fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel to refer to the shared Fictional universe in In the Angel episode "Why We Fight" there is also a Nosferatu-looking vampire, known as the Prince of Lies, on board a submarine, though it is implied he is actually supposed to be Count Orlok. Angel is an American Television series, a Spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• 2000 – In an episode of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, the story revolves around an energy vampire named "NOS-4-A2", a play on the word Nosferatu. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is a name of a Disney Animated Science fiction adventure series
• 2002 - In the end of the Spongebob Squarepants episode "Graveyard Shift" the reason for the lights flickering on and off is because Nosferatu is messing with the switch. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series and Media franchise. The characters playfully call his name out, and the last shot includes Nosferatu grinning at the camera.
• 2005 – General Grievous is based on various aspects of Nosferatu. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. General Grievous is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe and was the chief antagonist in Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Rob Coleman (one of the top VFX workers on Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith) when speaking about movements for the character is quoted as saying, "In fact, we talked about Fagin as well as classic vampire movies, including Nosferatu. Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 Space opera Film written and directed by George Lucas. Fagin (ˈfeɪɡɪn is a Fictional character who appears in the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist, referred to in the preface of the novel "
• 2006 – The character Uta Refson (Erica Cerra) [Nosferatu backwards] is introduced in the series The L Word. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Erica Cerra (born on October 31, 1979 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian Actress of Italian The L Word is a Television Drama series on Showtime that portrays the lives of a group of Lesbian, Bisexual and Uta Refson is shown to have a bony figure, very intense eyes, long sharp fangs and finger-nails, a casual avoidance of being seen in mirrors, exceptional stamina, a preference to only go out at night, an aversion to discussing religion and far greater strength than her body suggests.
• 2006 – In the film Running Scared, when Oleg is in the bathroom at the pedophile's house, a creature is seen in silhouette through a window. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The creature is supposed to be based on Nosferatu, although many people mistake the long nails and hat for a reference to Freddy Krueger. Freddy Krueger is a Fictional character from the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' series of films
• 2006 - In the film Severance, one of the character's stories is shown in a filmic style reminiscent of Nosferatu. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Main Character in this story is modelled on Max Schrek's Orlok.

In music

In addition to other works inspired by Nosferatu, the film and its variant of the vampire legend has had a significant influence in music, including musicals and, particularly, Gothic rock and death metal. Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. This article is about the musical style of gothic rock For the goth scene in general see Goth subculture. Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs fast tempos heavily distorted guitars deep growling vocals morbid lyrics The following list of references is by no means comprehensive.

• 1922–1929 – American composer Aaron Copland's first ballet, Grohg, has a plot loosely based on and inspired by Nosferatu, involving a vampiric necromancer who brings his victims back to life. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Aaron Copland (November 14 1900 &ndash December 2 1990 was an American Composer of concert and film music as well as an accomplished Pianist. Ballet is a formalized form of Dance with its origins in the French court further developed in France and Russia as a Concert dance Copland adapted music from the ballet (which was never staged) into his Dance Symphony of 1929.
• 1977 – The narrative song Nosferatu closes the album Spectres by Blue Öyster Cult. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Spectres is a rock album by Blue Öyster Cult released in November 1977. Blue Öyster Cult is an American rock band formed in New York in 1967 and still active in 2008
• 1979 – 'Nosferatu' was the title of an album by The Stranglers' lead-singer/guitarist Hugh Cornwell and Captain Beefheart percussionist Robert Williams. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar)
• 1982 - The music video to the Queen and David Bowie song "Under Pressure" contains scenes from the film. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. This article refers to the Queen & David Bowie song For other uses of the name see Under Pressure (disambiguation " Under
• 1987 – Nosferatu is the name of a song on the album R.I.P. by Coroner. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) RIP is the first album released by the Swiss thrash metal trio Coroner. Coroner was a Swiss technical thrash metal band from Zurich. They garnered relatively little attention outside of Europe.
• 1988 – UK based Gothic Rock band Nosferatu is formed, heavily influenced by classic horror, vampires, and vampyre subculture. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) This article is about the musical style of gothic rock For the goth scene in general see Goth subculture. Nosferatu is an English Gothic rock band formed in March 1988 by Damien DeVille Vlad Janicek and Sapphire Aurora Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living
• 1988 – The music video of Heart, from technopop duo Pet Shop Boys, shows a character very similar to Nosferatu. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) " Heart " is a song recorded by Pet Shop Boys which reached #1 on the UK singles chart for three weeks in April 1988 (see 1988 in music) The capitalisation of song titles in this article is disputed This character was portrayed by Ian McKellen. Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born 25 May 1939 is an English stage and screen actor the
• 1991 - "Nosferatu Man" is a song by the rock band Slint, appearing on their critically-acclaimed second album, Spiderland. See also 1991 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels Slint was a rock band consisting of Brian McMahan (guitar and vocals David Pajo (guitar Britt Walford (drums Todd Brashear (bass on Spiderland Spiderland is the second Studio album by the American Indie rock band Slint, released on March 27 1991 on Touch and Go.
• 1991 - Rochester, NY based death metal band Nosferatu is formed. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. They went on to release the songs "Insecurity Blanket", "People In Isolation", "Wisdom", "Green Pieces" and "Lust"
• 1993 - Nosferatu is mentioned in the Type O Negative song Black No. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Type O Negative is a Heavy metal band from Brooklyn, New York City. 1.
• 1993 - House of Krazees(now days know as Twiztid) did a song call "Nosferatu. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) "
• 1994 - Nosferatu the Vampire, is a concept album and musical by Bernard J. Taylor. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Nosferatu the Vampire is a Rock opera musical by Bernard J Taylor inspired by the silent movie classic by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. In Popular music, a concept album is an Album which is "unified by a theme which can be instrumental compositional narrative or lyrical" Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. Bernard J Taylor is the writer and composer of six stage musicals that have been produced around the world and translated into German Romanian Polish Hungarian Spanish and Italian
• 1994 - German black metal band Moonblood released a demo-tape titled Nosferatu, with cover art taken directly from the film. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, Moonblood is a Black metal band from Schneeberg ( Saxony) Germany, formed in 1990
• 1995 – Illbient group Liminal released a soundtrack for the film; the recording was improvised as accompanying music when the film was screened at the Knitting Factory in New York City. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Illbient is a term coined by DJ Olive to describe the iconoclastic Music being produced by a community of artists based in the Williamsburg neighborhood The Knitting Factory is a New York City, Hollywood, Boise, and Spokane music club and concert house originally specializing in Jazz [1]
• 1996 - The Detroit-based horror rap group House of Krazees release a song called Nosferatu about the vampire of the film. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The House of Krazees was a group of rappers from Detroit Michigan from 1993 to 1997
• 1998 - German experimental krautrock band Faust releases Faust Wakes Nosferatu, an accompaniment or alternative soundtrack to the film. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Krautrock is a generic name for the Experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s especially in Britain Faust is a German Krautrock band originally composed of Werner "Zappi" Diermaier, Hans Joachim Irmler, Arnulf Meifert, The vinyl and CD editions of the record, however, contain completely different music.
• 1999 - The Swedish progressive metal band Evergrey has a track on their 1999 album Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy titled Nosferatu. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Progressive metal (often referred to simply as prog metal) is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music which blends the powerful guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex Evergrey is a Progressive metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. Solitude Dominance Tragedy is the second album by the progressive power metal band Evergrey.
• 2000 - Canadian alternative musician Nash the Slash debuts his new soundtrack for the film. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Nash the Slash is a Canadian Progressive rock, classical, and alternative musician
• 2001 – The American groove metal band God Forbid had a song entitled Nosferatu which is thematically based around the character of Count Orlok/Nosferatu. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Groove metal, often associated with neo-thrash / post-thrash and power groove, is a term sometimes used to describe a derivative of Thrash God Forbid is an American Thrash metal band formed in 1996 in East Brunswick, New Jersey.
• 2001 - The music video for the song "Sumisu" by Farin Urlaub reenacts many climactic and important scenes from Nosferatu; the only major difference is at the end of the video when the black and white fades to color and reveals a twist ending. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Jan Ulrich Vetter, better known as Farin Urlaub (like German "Fahr in Urlaub!" ( "Go on holiday!") after his love of travelling was View video
• 2003 - The Virginia based horror-punk band Blitzkid released the song Nosferatu on their second album "Let Flowers Die"
• 2003 - Techno-classical fusion artist UltraMax released a song called "Nosferatu" on his album "Dark Horizons. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. "
• 2007 - McFly's music video for hit song Transylvania features lead Tom Fletcher dressed as Count Orlock and terrorizing band mate Dougie Poynter. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Transylvania (Ardeal or ro ''Transilvania'' Erdély, see also other denominations) is a Central European region located in the eastern half of the Carpathian Thomas "Tom" Michael Fletcher (born 17 July 1985 in Harrow, London) is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists in the British Dougie Lee Poynter (born November 30 1987 in Corringham Essex, England) is bass player and backing Vocalist for the The entire music video is based on 1920's-1930's style horror movies.
• 2007 - The teaser video for the song "Bleed Well" from the album Venus Doom by Finnish rock band HIM features Count Orlok. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "Bleed Well" is a song by the Finnish band HIM, and the second single from the 2007 album Venus Doom, where it is the eighth track on the Venus Doom is the sixth studio album by Finnish rock band HIM, released on 14 September 2007 ( Germany, Finland, Sweden Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. HIM is a rock band from Finland formed in 1991 by vocalist Ville Valo, guitarist Mikko Lindström,
• 2007 - On October 13, Chicago instrumental rock band Tortoise performed an original score to the film during a screening at Chicago's Symphony Center. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Tortoise is an Instrumental rock band formed in Chicago Illinois, USA in 1990.
• 2007 - On October 26, the avant-garde ensemble "Equinox" performed its original live score to the film at the State Theater in Springfield, Ohio. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
• 2007 - "Nosferatu Waltz," a piano song written by Cruzic on a concept album entitled "God's Nightmare And The Devil's Dream" that can only be heard on certain Web sites, including Newgrounds and Myspace. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Newgrounds is a Website headquartered in Glenside Pennsylvania, United States and created in 1995 that primarily hosts Adobe Flash animated films MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and

In videogames

• In Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Count Orlok (his english name is Orlox) is a boss battle inside of Dracula's castle. Castlevania Symphony of the Night is a 2D Action-adventure game developed and published by Konami in 1997 He floats around using various types of magic. When enough damage is inflicted on him, he transforms into a tall, green creature.
• In Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, The CFA-44 Nosferatu is a fictional "super-aircraft" capable of firing either a rail gun, a missile-confusing Electronic Counter-Measures Pod, or All-Directional Multi-purpose Missiles. is the latest installment developed by Namco Bandai exclusively for the Xbox 360 as part of the Ace Combat franchise In the Campaign, the airframe is flown by the enemy ace pilot Lt. Cmdr. Ilya Pasternak, and in Ace of Aces Mode, is assumed that Lt. Col. Victor Voychek flies one in the first mission.
• In EVE Online, the Nosferatu is a type of device used to leech energy from an enemy spaceship.
• In Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Nosferatu was the third boss in the game. Resident Evil Code Veronica, released in Japan as, is the fourth game in Capcom 's Resident Evil Survival horror
• in Fire Emblem, Nosferatu is a dark type magic tome that steals the enemy's hp and gives it to the user.

Other

• In the Vampire: The Masquerade role-playing game, 'Nosferatu' is one of the vampire clans players can choose to play, made up of vampires disfigured in ways similar to Count Orlok. Created by Mark Rein·Hagen, Vampire The Masquerade was the first of White Wolf Game Studio's World of Darkness live-action
• In the PC video game Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines, the Nosferatu network is named "Schrecknet", an obvious reference to Max Schreck who played the Nosferatu Count Orlok
• In laser tag franchises such as Zone 3 and Laser Skirmish in Australia, Nosferatu is the ID name for one of the players
• The popular Living Dead Dolls had made exclusive Nosferatu living dead doll, that came with his victim, his pet rat, a vampire book, and a death certificate, Noseferatu and his victim was a Diamond Previews exclusive 2-pack.

See also

• List of films made in Weimar Germany
• Prana Film

External links

• Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens at the Internet Movie Database
• Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht at the Internet Movie Database
• Nosferatu a Venezia at the Internet Movie Database
• Nosferatu at FilmSpot
• Nosferatu at Google Video
• Download Nosferatu from the Internet Archive: low res[2], DVD quality[3]
• A comparison of Nosferatu DVD releases
• Another comparison of DVD releases
• A long discussion of Nosferatu's restoration, along with another comparison of DVD releases
• The operatic adaptation by Bernard J. Taylor