Origin: Germany (Jofa-Atelier Berlin-Johannisthal, Prana-Film) 1922Length: 94 minutes (Silent)
Format: Black & White
Director: F.W. Murnau
Screenplay: Henrik Galeen
Photography: Gunther Krampf, Fritz Arno Wagner
Music: James Bernard (restored version)
Cast: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schroder, Georg H. Schnell, Ruth Landshoff, John Gottowt, Gustav Botz, Max Nemetz, Wolfgang Heinz, Guido Herzfeld, Albert Venohr, Hardy von Francois
Links: Nosferatu Trailer, Nosferatu Wiki
Bram Stoker's Dracula inspired one of the most impressive of all silent features. The source material and the medium seem almost eerily meant for each other. Stoker's novel, largely written in the form of a series of letters, is light on traditional dialogue and heavy on description, perfect for the primary visual storytelling of silent films. It is fitting that a story of the eternal conflict between light and darkness should be matched to a format consisting almost entirely of the interplay of light and darkness.
Review coming soon...
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