Nosferatu (Masters of Cinema Trailer) with Original Score

An iconic film of the German expressionist cinema, and one of the most famous of all silent movies, F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror continues to haunt — and, indeed, terrify — modern audiences with the unshakable power of its images. By teasing a host of occult atmospherics out of dilapidated set-pieces and innocuous real-world locations alike, Murnau captured on celluloid the deeply-rooted elements of a waking nightmare, and launched the signature "Murnau-style" that would change cinema history forever.


In this first-ever screen adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, a simple real-estate transaction leads an intrepid businessman deep into the superstitious heart of Transylvania. There he encounters the otherworldly Count Orlok — portrayed by the legendary Max Schreck, in a performance the very backstory of which has spawned its own mythology — who soon after embarks upon a cross-continental voyage to take up residence in a distant new land... and establish his ambiguous dominion. As to whether the count's campaign against the plague-wracked populace erupts from satanic decree, erotic compulsion, or the simple impulse of survival — that remains, perhaps, the greatest mystery of all in this film that's like a blackout...


Remade by Werner Herzog in 1979 (and inspiring films as diverse as Abel Ferrara's King of New York and The Addiction, and E. Elias Merhige's Shadow of the Vampire), F. W. Murnau's surreal 1922 cine-fable remains the original and landmark entry in the entire global tradition of "the horror film". The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present, at long last, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror in its definitive restoration, complete with original intertitles and accompanied by the score that played with the film at the time of its initial release. Available from www.eurekavideo.co.uk

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• Vampyre
• Count
• Orlok

[Retardretroguy]

@BenTheoRowe You're right. It was released in 8mm, which got me confused.

[BenTheoRowe]

@Retardretroguy It was not shot in 8mm, dude. It was shot in 35mm. 8mm would look more than terrible.

[Retardretroguy]

Considering it was shot in 8mm, I'd say Fritz Wagner is one hell of a cinematographer.

Am I only one who thinks Nosferatu is among Murnau's worst survived movies (which still doesn't make it bad)?

[carbine125]

America has Criterion. And now we have Masters of Cinema AWESOME!!!

[neilbahadur1]

@pnroyal

This is the KINO dvd restoration. I'm not sure where you might find it, but you can order it online from their website.

[MrBirdman1973]

greatest silent movie ever in my opinion.

[pnroyal]

@DavidHenesy thank you so much for your help!

[DavidHenesy]

@pnroyal order this The double disc Kino set! this is the definitive version and is REALLY restored!!!

The other different and good version is IMAGE Entertainment's edition of this movie, but the others are all crap!

Sincerely,

Sophia

[raminile]

@firstyouseeit you mean at 0:42. That is a hyena playing a werewolf :P

[pnroyal]

Can someone please help me. I'm looking for THIS version of the film... but there are like seven or eight different versions of "Nosferatu" available on DVD all claiming to be "restored". I own one version that I can hardly sit through because the musical score is so uninspiring. Where do I locate this version at?