Nosferatu
Subtitle: a symphony of horror
By: Kino International ; Transit Film GmbH ; Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung ; Das Bundesarchiv ; from the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, adapted by Henrik Galeen ; F.W. Murnau, director
Contributors: Schreck, Max, 1879-1936; Wangenheim, Gustav von, 1895-1975; Granach, Alexander, 1890-1945; Schroeder-Matrey, Greta; Yorck, Ruth, 1909-1966; Wagner, Fritz Arno, 1894-1958; Grau, Albin, 1894-1942; Erdmann, Hans, 1882-1942; Berriatúa, Luciano, 1949-; Heller, Berndt; Kino International Corporation; Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung; Transit Film; Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv; Saarländischer Rundfunk. Sinfonie-Orchester
Edition: Restored ed.
Series: Murnau (Kino)
Publisher: Kino International; Worldwide distribution by Transit Film GmbH
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY; [Germany]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Drama; Film adaptations; Count Dracula (Fictitious character); Vampires
Other titles: Nosferatu, eine symphonie des Grauens; Symphony of horror; Journey in the night.; Haunted castle.; Phantom.; Finances of the grand duke.; Last laugh.; Tartuffe.; Faust.; Tabu.; Die Sprache der Schatten, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau und seine Filme.
Description: 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.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1922.

Released in 2009 as part of the 6 DVD set, Murnau, by Kino International.

Photography, F. A. Wagner ; sets, Albin Grau ; music, Hans Erdmann ; costumes, Albin Grau ; music performed by the Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Berndt Heller.

Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Alexander Granach, Greta Schroeder, G. H. Schnell, Ruth Landshoff, Gustav Botz.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD; NTSC; 5.1 Stereo surround or 2.0 Stereo ; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.

Silent film with newly translated English intertitles.
Table of contents: title: Special features: lengthy excerpts from other films by F.W. Murnau: Journey into the night (1920); The haunted castle (1921); Phantom (1922); The finances of the grand duke (1924); The last laugh (1924); Tartuffe (1925); Faust (1926); and Tabu (1931); The early years and Nosferatu (52-minute documentary by Luciano Berriatúa, from the series Die Sprache der Schatten : Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau und seine Filme / The language of shadows: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau and his films) ; Nosferatu: an historic film meets digital restoration (3-minute documentary); photo gallery, scene comparison.