Berlin Zoological Garden
Balcombe is remembered for her legal dispute with the makers of the 1922 German horror film "Nosferatu", which was based without attribution or permission on Stoker's novel "Dracula". She was unaware of the existence of Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's "Nosferatu" until she received an anonymous letter from Berlin. The document included the program of a lavish cinematic event held in 1922, complete with full orchestral accompaniment, that had taken place in the Marble Garden at Berlin Zoological Garden. The film was described in the handbill as "freely adapted from Bram Stoker's "Dracula"." ("Nosferatu" screenwriter Henrik Galeen had changed the names of the main characters and made some liberal changes to certain key points. However, the resemblance to Stoker's novel is unmistakable.)