The Rheingold Prelude (Nosferatu 1979)

No idea how many times I saw this movie in the last 20 years - countless times!

Interesting - the part, where Harker walks around 1:00, is a place called Partnachglam (a slight drive south from Munich) - used to hang out there (it's even more magnificent in the winter, when snow and ice is around), drinking "Obstler" to keep warm.

Always had the soundtrack on my mind ... :)

Awesome!

incredible intro! I must see the rest. And also see the original Murnau Nosferatu, which Werner Herzog was clearly alluding to. And come to think of it, there's some "Heart of Darkness" in this like many of his other movies.

Wagner's Das Rheingold is a perfect fit in this part the movie.......a very special film
I have watched it in the bios 78 or 79

The contrast of beauty and suspense is haunting, compelling and masterful.

I don't watch vampire movies anymore unless the vampires look like rock stars and know karate (kidding). Interesting choice by Herzog to use a hand held camera here on the intro.

Check out "Let the Right One In." Its on youtube. Understated and artsy.

Indeed sir, great point.

Krashly71
You definitely have a point here. I remember at the end of "No Country for Old Men" how many viewers were grumbling when the lights came up--as if they thought they were going to see Lethal Weapon 9.

BUT, these films are the result of an artist working in a traditionally "exploitation" genre, and do not really function as mainstream cinema.

I would say that Hammer's "Horror of Dracula" contains the perfect balance of blood/sex/action in a Dracula film, ...but is it art?

Wagner's prelude is breathtaking