| Edition |
Restored authorized edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, Region 1 encoding. |
| Cast |
Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Alexander Granach, Greta Schroeder, Ruth Landshoff. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; art director, Albin Grau ; music composers, Gérad Hourbette, Thierry Zaboitzeff ; costume designer, Albin Grau ; film restoration Cineteca del Comune di Bologna ; Laboratory ; L'Immagine Ritrovata - Bologna, Italy ; Transit Film, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1922. |
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Based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker; freely adapted by Henrik Galeen. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Rather than depict Dracula as a shape-shifting monster or debonair gentleman, Murnau's Graf Orlok is a nightmarish, spidery creature with a bulbous head and taloned claws. This is perhaps the most genuinely disturbing incarnation of vampirism. |
| Note |
Special features: lengthy excerpts from other films by F.W. Murnau: Journey into the night (1920); The haunted castle (1921); Phantom (1922); The last laugh (1924); Faust (1926); Tabu (1931); choose from two musical scores in digital stereo; photo gallery; scene comparison: novel, screenplay & film. |
| Language |
English intertitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Dracula, Count (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Vampires -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films -- Germany.
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Vampire films -- Germany.
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Horror films -- Germany.
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Silent films -- Germany.
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Motion pictures, German.
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| Added Author |
Murnau, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1888-1931.
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Galeen, Henrik.
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Schreck, Max, 1879-1936.
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Wangenheim, Gustav von, 1895-1975.
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Granach, Alexander, 1890-1945.
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Schroeder-Matrey, Greta.
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Yorck, Ruth, 1909-1966.
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Wagner, Fritz Arno, 1894-1958.
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Grau, Albin, 1894-1942.
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Hourbette, Gérad.
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Zaboitzeff, Thierry, 1953-
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Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912.
Dracula.
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Kino International Corporation.
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Cineteca comunale (Bologna, Italy)
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Laboratory (Firm)
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Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna, Italy)
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Transit Film (Firm)
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| Other Title |
Nosferatu, eine symphonie des Grauens |
| Standard No. |
738329025328 |
| Music No. |
K253 Kino on Video |
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