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The first on screen depiction of Dracula occurs in F. W. Murnau’s horror classic Nosferatu! Real estate agent Jonathan Harker (Wangenheim), travels to Transylvania to visit a new client, Count Dracula (Schreck). Although the locals warn Harker away from Dracula's castle, the agent pursues the sale. Staying overnight, Harker feels an odd darkness in this castle, where the Count is oddly asleep during the daytime. After reading a book about vampires, Harker begins to suspect that the Count is really Nosferatu. Meanwhile, Dracula hides in a shipment of coffins and arrives in Wisbourg, Germany, to take ownership of his new home, across the way from Harker's home. As locals mysteriously die, town doctors diagnose a plague...but Harker suspects a more nefarious cause. He races home to save his town and most importantly save his wife, Nina (Schröder). New score composed and performed by pianist Keith Taylor.
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- Year: 1922
- COLOR/B&W: TINTED
- Genre: Horror/Silent
- Runtime: 86 minutes
- Rating: N/A
NOSFERATU: 100TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - BLU-RAY
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- Package Dimensions : 6.69 x 5.31 x 0.47 inches; 2.82 Ounces
- Director : F.W. Murnau
- Release date : October 11, 2022
- Actors : Greta Schroder, Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim
- Studio : Reel Vault
- ASIN : B0B9K7SN53
- Number of discs : 1
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In 1922, German director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau released his film Nosferatu - Eine Symphonie des Grauens (in English this title translates to Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror), which not only brought the thirty-three year old director into prominence among Germany's greatest filmmakers, but also gave the world what is perhaps the greatest horror film ever made.
Loosely based upon Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula , the screenplay was written by Henrik Galeen. However, either Murnau and the other filmmakers didn't understand the complexities of copyright law or they simply didn't bother to get legal permission to adapt Stoker's novel into a motion picture. In vain they tried to avoid having legal action taken against them by changing the names of the characters from the novel.
The film's shoot, which commenced early in July of 1921, took Murnau, his cast and crew across Germany. Nosferatu was released through independent production studio, Prana-Film, which was a German studio founded by Albin Grau, a noted producer, artist, and occultist. It was Albin Grau who first suggested Bram Stoker's gothic horror novel as a potential film project for the foundling studio. Other than Murnau, it was Grau who was responsible for the eerie, expressionistic atmosphere of Nosferatu, as he was not only the film's producer but also the costume designer, set designer, and artistic director.
The film would finally be released on March 4 of 1922 and despite an extensive marketing campaign and great critical acclaim, the film was only a modest commercial success. Bram Stoker's widow felt that the film too closely resembled her late husband's book, so as a result she sued Murnau and the film's small studio, Prana-Film. She had the courts order the film to be pulled from theatres and worse, she demanded that all prints of the film were to be destroyed. Thankfully some copies survived destruction or else we should not be able to view Murnau's penultimate masterpiece today.
Nosferatu featured a talented cast, which was headed by intense character actor Max Schreck, whose name literally translates to "maximum terror". Schreck played the vampire Count Orlok, not as a sex symbol or a handsome yet violent monster, but rather as a vile rat-like being that felt no human emotions; only a parasitic bloodlust. The rest of the cast included Gustav Von Wangenheim as Hutter, Alexander Granach as Knock, Greta Schroeder as Ellen, and John Gottowt as Professor Bulwer.
The story begins in 1838, when young Hutter is sent to Transylvania by the sinister estate broker Knock, where he is to deliver documents to Count Orlok. Once there he encounters many strange things and the mysterious Count reveals himself to be a vampire. The Count finds a picture of Hutter's young innocent wife, Ellen and then journeys to Wisborg, Germany to find her. Hutter is left behind in the vampire's eerie castle until one night when he manages to escape. By the time Hutter returns to his own home in Wisborg, the Count has spread a plague across the countryside. Too weak to battle this nefarious monstrosity, Hutter unknowingly leaves Ellen vulnerable to Orlok's attack. But Ellen, having read Hutter's journal and a book about Nosferatu, prepares to destroy the Count the only way she can. She plans to sacrifice herself to the undead Count and in so doing distract him until the sun rises since the first rays of the morning sun are lethal to the Nosferatu. In the final climactic scene Count Orlok creeps into their home and feeds on the virginal heroine's blood and then he meets his demise. Ellen's self-sacrifice and her defeat of Count Orlok lifts the accursed plague from Wisborg forever.
As a fan of both German expressionist films from the silent age and of the Dracula theme, this film has become my all-time favorite film. When I heard that Kino International was going to rerelease the film in a 2-disc Ultimate DVD Edition, I was thrilled. Having now seen the restoration, I must say that I am in awe. The quality of the transfer is greater than that found in any other available version. In fact I almost felt as if I were one of those lucky people who viewed this masterpiece during its original release.
There have been many, many releases of Nosferatu on DVD, and most of these are put out by small distribution companies. These DVD versions are typically of a very poor quality and as such are available at low prices. However there have been two prestigious distribution companies, Image Entertainment and Kino International (formerly Kino on Video), which have created high quality transfers of the film. For the latest and most impressive release, Kino International has united with Transit Film and the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung (translates to Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation). Utilizing the highest quality prints of the film available, they have to the best of their ability duplicated the look and sound of the film as it was shown in theatres in 1922. And for the first time ever, the film features the original score as composed by Hans Erdmann.
This 2-disc Ultimate DVD Edition includes the gloriously restored film in two versions; one with newly translated English intertitles and the other in German. This excellent DVD also includes The Language of Shadows: Murnau- The Early Years and Nosferatu documentary, which explores Murnau's early career and his connection with the occult, archival excerpts of eight other Murnau films, Nosferatu: An Historic Film Meets Digital Restoration featurette, an image gallery, and a scene comparison that examines the similarities and differences between Stoker's novel, Henrik Galeen's screenplay, and the final film. Overall this set is spectacular, but where some may be disappointed is with the content on disc two, which only contains the film with the original German intertitles. Kino could have at least included a commentary track or an alternate score. But unfortunately this was not to be the case. Now, all said the film restoration is fantastic and the special features on disc one are great which earns the Ultimate DVD Edition 5 stars, though I wish that disc two had been more elaborate in its content. Any minor complaints aside, this DVD makes a perfect gift for cineastes and horror fans alike.
Also recommended:
The New Annotated Dracula by Bram Stoker, edited by Leslie S. Klinger
The Vampire Film: From Nosferatu to Bram Stoker's Dracula
Nosferatu (Image Entertainment's Special Edition)
Phantom (Flicker Alley's Authorized Restored Edition)
Faust
German Horror Classics (Kino's Restored Authorized Editions)
German Expressionism Collection
Dracula (Universal Studios Legacy Series 75th Anniversary Edition)

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 26, 2008
In 1922, German director [[ASIN:B0000DZTUC Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau]] released his film Nosferatu - Eine Symphonie des Grauens (in English this title translates to Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror), which not only brought the thirty-three year old director into prominence among Germany's greatest filmmakers, but also gave the world what is perhaps the greatest horror film ever made.
Loosely based upon Bram Stoker's 1897 novel [[ASIN:0743498038 Dracula]], the screenplay was written by Henrik Galeen. However, either Murnau and the other filmmakers didn't understand the complexities of copyright law or they simply didn't bother to get legal permission to adapt Stoker's novel into a motion picture. In vain they tried to avoid having legal action taken against them by changing the names of the characters from the novel.
The film's shoot, which commenced early in July of 1921, took Murnau, his cast and crew across Germany. Nosferatu was released through independent production studio, Prana-Film, which was a German studio founded by Albin Grau, a noted producer, artist, and occultist. It was Albin Grau who first suggested Bram Stoker's gothic horror novel as a potential film project for the foundling studio. Other than Murnau, it was Grau who was responsible for the eerie, expressionistic atmosphere of Nosferatu, as he was not only the film's producer but also the costume designer, set designer, and artistic director.
The film would finally be released on March 4 of 1922 and despite an extensive marketing campaign and great critical acclaim, the film was only a modest commercial success. Bram Stoker's widow felt that the film too closely resembled her late husband's book, so as a result she sued Murnau and the film's small studio, Prana-Film. She had the courts order the film to be pulled from theatres and worse, she demanded that all prints of the film were to be destroyed. Thankfully some copies survived destruction or else we should not be able to view Murnau's penultimate masterpiece today.
Nosferatu featured a talented cast, which was headed by intense character actor Max Schreck, whose name literally translates to "maximum terror". Schreck played the vampire Count Orlok, not as a sex symbol or a handsome yet violent monster, but rather as a vile rat-like being that felt no human emotions; only a parasitic bloodlust. The rest of the cast included Gustav Von Wangenheim as Hutter, Alexander Granach as Knock, Greta Schroeder as Ellen, and John Gottowt as Professor Bulwer.
The story begins in 1838, when young Hutter is sent to Transylvania by the sinister estate broker Knock, where he is to deliver documents to Count Orlok. Once there he encounters many strange things and the mysterious Count reveals himself to be a vampire. The Count finds a picture of Hutter's young innocent wife, Ellen and then journeys to Wisborg, Germany to find her. Hutter is left behind in the vampire's eerie castle until one night when he manages to escape. By the time Hutter returns to his own home in Wisborg, the Count has spread a plague across the countryside. Too weak to battle this nefarious monstrosity, Hutter unknowingly leaves Ellen vulnerable to Orlok's attack. But Ellen, having read Hutter's journal and a book about Nosferatu, prepares to destroy the Count the only way she can. She plans to sacrifice herself to the undead Count and in so doing distract him until the sun rises since the first rays of the morning sun are lethal to the Nosferatu. In the final climactic scene Count Orlok creeps into their home and feeds on the virginal heroine's blood and then he meets his demise. Ellen's self-sacrifice and her defeat of Count Orlok lifts the accursed plague from Wisborg forever.
As a fan of both German expressionist films from the silent age and of the Dracula theme, this film has become my all-time favorite film. When I heard that Kino International was going to rerelease the film in a 2-disc Ultimate DVD Edition, I was thrilled. Having now seen the restoration, I must say that I am in awe. The quality of the transfer is greater than that found in any other available version. In fact I almost felt as if I were one of those lucky people who viewed this masterpiece during its original release.
There have been many, many releases of Nosferatu on DVD, and most of these are put out by small distribution companies. These DVD versions are typically of a very poor quality and as such are available at low prices. However there have been two prestigious distribution companies, Image Entertainment and Kino International (formerly Kino on Video), which have created high quality transfers of the film. For the latest and most impressive release, Kino International has united with Transit Film and the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung (translates to Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation). Utilizing the highest quality prints of the film available, they have to the best of their ability duplicated the look and sound of the film as it was shown in theatres in 1922. And for the first time ever, the film features the original score as composed by Hans Erdmann.
This 2-disc Ultimate DVD Edition includes the gloriously restored film in two versions; one with newly translated English intertitles and the other in German. This excellent DVD also includes The Language of Shadows: Murnau- The Early Years and Nosferatu documentary, which explores Murnau's early career and his connection with the occult, archival excerpts of eight other Murnau films, Nosferatu: An Historic Film Meets Digital Restoration featurette, an image gallery, and a scene comparison that examines the similarities and differences between Stoker's novel, Henrik Galeen's screenplay, and the final film. Overall this set is spectacular, but where some may be disappointed is with the content on disc two, which only contains the film with the original German intertitles. Kino could have at least included a commentary track or an alternate score. But unfortunately this was not to be the case. Now, all said the film restoration is fantastic and the special features on disc one are great which earns the Ultimate DVD Edition 5 stars, though I wish that disc two had been more elaborate in its content. Any minor complaints aside, this DVD makes a perfect gift for cineastes and horror fans alike.
Also recommended:
[[ASIN:0393064506 The New Annotated Dracula]] by Bram Stoker, edited by Leslie S. Klinger
[[ASIN:0879102667 The Vampire Film: From Nosferatu to Bram Stoker's Dracula]]
[[ASIN:B000055ZB8 Nosferatu]] (Image Entertainment's Special Edition)
[[ASIN:B000HC2LOY Phantom]] (Flicker Alley's Authorized Restored Edition)
[[ASIN:B00005ASOS Faust]]
[[ASIN:B00006JMQJ German Horror Classics]] (Kino's Restored Authorized Editions)
[[ASIN:B00116VG2S German Expressionism Collection]]
[[ASIN:B000GPIPSS Dracula]] (Universal Studios Legacy Series 75th Anniversary Edition)





A bit of background. I first saw NOSFERATU on late-night TV around 1980. I had always heard about what a classic it is, and saw that it was finally on. Even at 2am, with a lousy print and interrupted by obnoxious late-night commercials, something about it grabbed me. A few years later, Nosferatu was probably one of the first VHS tapes I bought, in a (then) high-quality edition by Video Film Classics.
I started my binge with a DVD I recently made of that VHS tape, just for sentimental reasons. Although later I got better DVD editions, I always liked the orchestral score on the VHS version -- faded though the print was. One problem with so many silent film releases -- especially German Expressionistic ones -- is that they apparently think the best musical accompaniment for silent films is to use music by self-indulgent avant-garde composers determined to be as grating as possible, with the music having as little to do with the mood on the screen as possible.
Let me say first off: THANK GOD for Image Entertainment and Kino. Their releases are consistently excellent.
The Image DVD is definitely worth having for the completist. Until recently, it may have been the most satisfying. It has a good, appropriate organ accompaniment, as well as a fairly decent modernistic one. The image quality is very good, with a nice job of tinting. Interestingly, whereas my VHS edition was only 60 minutes long, the Image edition is 81 minutes long; yet, I could see absolutely no difference in the sequence of shots and scenes. I can only guess the Image edition is SLIGHTLY slowed down (although the 60 minute one didn't strike me as overly, obviously fast), and that there might have been a slight difference in the timing of the intertitles.
I was disappointed in the Image commentary, however, as it sounds like it's by a graduate film student trying to impress his professors. I was hoping for facts about the making of the film, but it is primarily "scholarly" interpretation ... offered with the usual lack of qualification, as if the commenter must educate us lesser beings about the true, objective meaning of the film -- much of which seems laughable and more revealing of the commenter than of the film. For example, he tells us that it is obvious that the hero and his wife are in a passionless, unsatisfying "sexless marriage" -- even though what you're seeing on the screen is that they can't keep their hands off each other. Then we are shown the hero walking down the street. That's it. He's just walking down the street -- but we are assured that he is hurrying "to get away from his wife." What?!
The 2004 Kino release has a comparable image quality to the Image release -- very good, with good tinting -- and it is somehow 93 minutes long, again with very little difference in the shots and scene sequences. It is very strange to me. There seem to be a few minor shots included that are left out of the other editions, but many of the old familiar individual shots seem to be held longer, with more at the beginnings and endings. I very much appreciate that, as I feel I'm seeing as much of the film as is historically possible and accurate. The big downer on this edition is the choice of either one obnoxious, grating modernistic score, or another obnoxious, grating modernistic score.
The Kino "Ultimate DVD Edition", however, is just that. This is the one to have, if you must only have one. It is the same 93 minute length, but the image quality is even better. Incredible, actually. The restoration, from the only surviving 1922 print, and the tinting are gorgeous. I was seeing detail I've never seen before. But the essential piece: NOSFERATU is finally reunited with its original gorgeous orchestral score, by Hans Erdmann, painstakingly reconstructed and recorded. In style it reminds me often of Beethoven and Berlioz, with some Romanticism and a few disturbingly modernistic, dissonant touches.
Watching this release, I feel that I have finally seen NOSFERATU the way it was intended to be seen by Murnau and his collaborators, with no compromises. THANK YOU, Kino.
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With many various & varied editions available a guide to some releases & their various print conditions ,inter title language & different extras ,music & whether a release is in B&W, Sepia or 'Tinted' may be of some use..
Starting with Eurekas 2000 release- this has a sepia version on disc one & B&W on disc2, the music for this is a new score from Art Zoyd - It is quite good -unnerving & atmospheric in places with relevant sections that are quite pastoral .But it Clearly Does sound 'Modern' & some people may find that 'unsatisfactory'( but you can always watch this 'silent film' without sound!).
On disc1 there is a very good ,informative commentary from a unannounced man. He is seen in 2 good mini features (13 & 4 mins) that feature some excellent 'story board style drawings' by Albin Grau the films Producer & set designer that Murnau appeared to be very influenced by + images of artworks,posters,publicity material & much more..
There are some 'written pages' on the discs extras that look at the 'Origins of Vampires' & the 'Nosferatu controversy' .
The sound on the discs are in 'Dolby2.0 & (simulated)5.1 surround. The inter titles are in English ,there is a trailer for this release & also the then current 'shadow of the vampire' & there's a chapter menu page with a brief history of F W Murnau overleaf..
The 2007 Eureka 'Masters of Cinema' release: This has Hans Erdmans original score conducted by Berndt Heller, again sound is in '2.0& 5.1'. Most significantly the film (disc1) is a vastly improved restored print compared to the 2000 release .
The film now has a significant number of colour tints used (based on a 1922 French version).The inter titles are now in German with optional English subtitles . There is a commentary with 2 'film experts' that personally I don't think is as good as the 2000 version commentary. The running time is 94mins approx ,basically the same as the earlier release.
On disc2 there is a good (52min) German documentary about Murnaus early life & Nosferatu (with English subtitles)this also has some intresting recent footage of the original locations .There is also an all to brief (3mins) feature on the films restoration. Inside Albin Graus very good cover image on the box there is a sturdy 80pg booklet with some excellent essays with some strong images ,so all in all a very good package that should keep fans of this historic film happy for some time..
In 2013 & 2018 Eureka issued a single disc bluray edition & DVD .-I would assume the 2007 Masters of Cinema print was used for these.
The 2018 BFI DVD/bluray B&W release ..I must be honest & admit I haven't viewed this ,but there is a full description of extras on its page...That includes some short films, a feature with the always interesting Christopher Frayling- curiously both the DVD & Bluray editions are given running times considerably shorter(89 mins) than the Eureka editions ( the restoration feature on the 2007 release mentions that it was restored at 19 frames a second - surely the BFI haven't got the 'frame rate conversion speed' wrong?)- if anybody can confirm the BFI edition running time I would be grateful .
Anyway that's just some of the editions out there and all are significantly different in picture quality, extras & packaging, so if you want this film to own there's no shortage of choices (& some are very reasonably priced) . A used copy of the 2007 'update' on what I previously owned cost me less than £5 with postage ....


"Nosferatu" is the first cinema adaptation of Bram Stoker's "Dracula", but as the producers were unable to acquire the rights to the title, it was decided to change the name of the main character to Graf (or Count) Orlok. Similarly the word "vampire" was replaced with "nosferatu", a term used in Romanian folk tales to design many kind of sinister forces of the night, which Bram Stoker considered in his book as a synonym of "vampire". Some other changes were also introduced, but the main story nevertheless follows the lines of Bram Stoker's book - with the exception of the ending...
The film begins therefore with a certain Thomas Hutter, who lives in the fictitious German city of Wisborg and is a quite happy fellow, married to beautiful Ellen. Then one day his employer, a somehow shady real estate dealer named Knock, sends Hutter to Transylvania to visit a new client named Count Orlok, who desires to acquire a residence in Wisborg. And then the film REALLY begins...
This being a black and white silent movie, it is of course very different from most of other vampire films - but this is precisely what gives it an unique flavour. F.W. Murnau used all the tricks available in his trade at this time to make this film really scary and especially incredibly atmospheric and he succeeded - BIG TIME! The vampire is in no way a dangerously charming aristocrat as in later films with Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee - here he is a freakishly creepishly grotesque creature, which makes the viewer feel uncomfortable from the first moment we see him. Actor Max Schreck who plays the vampire (and who by the way was a handsome man) was completely transformed by make up and other characterisation but he especially did an incredible job by using the body language in such a way that we really have an impression that Count Orlok is NOT human! This is an incredible performance!
The performance of actors, the atmospheric music, the tricks of lights and shadows and impressive cinematography, all this contributed to make this film into something exceptionnal. Released in 1922 "Nosferatu" is a very old, even ancient thing, but it didn't really age and probably never will anymore, but to the contrary, it will keep haunting generation after generation of humans - exactly like a vampire...)))
The "Masters of Cinema" DVD is a very good version, cleaned and restored, to the greatest delight of the viewers. I am very glad that I bought and watched it and I intend to keep this DVD as long as DVD players exist. I don't have words strong enough to recommend it so I will just say, BUY IT, SEE IT and KEEP IT!

The film is presented with the original German intertitles (and optional English subtitles), and restores the original colour tinting (the film is not strictly black-and-white). The music is an extrapolation of the lost original score, and suits the film very well.
There are two audio commentaries. The first one, by film historian David Kalat, is much better because he has clearly prepared what he is going to say; he reads the commentary instead of improvising. the second by film critic Brad Stevens and historian R. Dixon Smith is not so good, and they seem comparatively uninformed.
The picture quality is the best version on the film we are ever likely to see, but you must bear in mind that the original negatives were destroyed years ago, so all we have left is a copy of a copy. There are film scratches throughout, but this is not a criticism of Eureka and their restoration work. Considering the circumstances, the picture and sound quality are excellent, and certainly better than some competing releases.
