Title: AOL Email
| Running time: |
81' (cover 81' / Germany 94' - restored Version) - Source: DVD (RC 1/NTSC) b/w |
| Main Crew: |
director: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
producer: Prana Film
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| Main Cast: |
Max Schreck / Count Orlok
Gustav Von Wangenheim / Hutter
Greta Schr�der / Ellen, Hutter's Wife
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| Summary: |
A long time ago in middle Europe, a decrepit, forbidding castle stood... Casting an ominous shadow over the townspeople who dare not look upon it, the unholy dwelling is home to one Count Orlok (Max Schreck), an undead night creature with a taste for human blood.
Into this picture steps Hutter, an unwary traveler who visits the Count. He carries with him the deed for a property Orlok wishes to buy in Hutter's home town of Wisborg.
That night, in preparation for the long sea voyage ahead, the vampire hastily loads his coffin aboard ship and waits...
Once at sea, Orlok bares his fangs and, upon arrival in Wisborg, leaves behind a floating morgue. Now, preparing to feast on the citizens, the cadaverous Count prowls the darkness as the eerie NOSFERATU.
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| Note: |
- All known prints and negatives were destroyed under the terms of settlement of a lawsuit by Stoker's widow because it was an unauthorized adaptation of the novel. However, the film would subsequently surface in other countries.
- An American re-release version changes all the names to fit the Dracula story.
- In 1994, the movie was faithfully reconstructed by European scholars utilizing all of the five exisiting prints, restoring the movie to its approximate original length, color and intertitles. None of the versions currently available for home cinema (ld/vhs/dvd) presents the ultimate scholarly restoration.
- The term, Nosferatu, is of modern origin and derives from the Slavic "nosufur-atu" which is a derivation of the Greek "nosophoros" or "plague carrier".
- In 1978, a remake has been made by German director Werner Herzog, feat. Klaus Kinski as Nosferatu ("Nosferatu - Phantom Der Nacht")
- A tribute about the making of the film (with Willem Dafoe portraying Max Schreck) has been made in 2000: Shadow Of The Vampire.
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Come one come all Mortals who are willing to stick their neck out for a vampire to feed upon. We will be willing to share our Dark Gift to you mortals if you pass our test.
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