1922’s Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror has stood as my absolute favorite movie since I first saw it 18 years ago.
With Robert Eggers’s adaptation on the horizon, I figured now would be a great time to look back at the film that gave birth to the cinematic vampire, exploring its influences, impact, and lasting legacy.
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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is a 1922 silent German Expressionist vampire film starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife of his estate agent, Hutter, and brings the plague to their fictional town of Wisborg, Hermany. The film is a loose adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula.
Directed by F. W. Murnau
Written by Henrik Galeen & F. W. Murnau
Starring Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder. Alexander Granach, Ruth Landshoff, and Wolfgang Heinz
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:41 The Early Life and Influences of F. W. Murnau
05:03 Nosferatu is Born
07:19 Themes, Cinematography, and Symbolism
12:09 Technical Styles and Lasting Impacts
15:06 Films That Echo Murnau’s Magic
16:11 Conclusion
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Merry Christmas everyone 🎄
I pulled a lot of info for this video from Kevin Jackson's book, *Nosferatu (1922) eine Symphonie des Grauens*, published by the British Film Institute in 2013. It's a short read and I highly recommend for other Nosferatu enthusiasts 🤗
saw this movie for the first time last year. definitely was pretty unsettling. crazy how it was almost lost to time. shout out to movies lost to time damn shame.
Your unabashed love of this film is refreshing
Outstanding video. The passion you have for this movie is evident and well implemented.
Fascinating! Just so much history in the film even coming back to the public
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I really need to see the original, I’m ashamed! 😅 Merry Christmas Vex 🎁❤️
I had NO idea about the backstory of this film! So enjoyable to listen to as I do last minute cleaning before getting to sleep (otherwise Santa won’t come!). Great work Vex!
You clearly researched the heck out of this and all that hard work is appreciated! Excellently done! I give this 10 sets of fangs out of 10!
I saw this in the 80's, but I was a teenager and didn't really appreciate it at the time. In the 90's I saw the Klaus Kinski version and hated it. So I watched the 1922 original again and found a new love for the film.
While Sunrise is my favorite Murnau film, I do enjoy a Nosferatu revisit every few years. Ebert once put it wonderfully: To see Nosferatu is to see the vampire film before it had seen itself. It's a movie that feels as though it truly believes in vampires. Oh, Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr is also a rather fascinating, expressionist look at the subgenre, just in case you haven't seen it.
This was FANTASTIC! Super interesting and helpful for a normie like me!
It was a damn fine movie
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