Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
It is fear and fun. It is a scream of horror and a cry of delight. It is Nosferatu, the Vampyre.
Directed by Werner Herzog
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Intensity
A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.
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- Director
- Werner Herzog
- Written by
- Bram Stoker, Werner Herzog
- Produced by
- Daniel Toscan du Plantier, Michael Gruskoff, Werner Herzog
- Composer
- Popol Vuh
- Cinematographer
- Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
- Editor
- Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
- Sound Designer
- Harald Maury
- Studios
- Gaumont, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ZDF
- Origin country
- Germany
- Production countries
- Germany, France
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Language
- German
- Rating
- PG
- Also known as
- Nosferatu
- TMDB
- 7.3/10 (1,120 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 93% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 79/100
- IMDb
- 7.3/10 (50,000 votes)
Cast
Klaus Kinski
Count Dracula
Isabelle Adjani
Lucy Harker
Bruno Ganz
Jonathan Harker
Roland Topor
Renfield
Walter Ladengast
Dr. Van Helsing
Martje Grohmann
Mina
Carsten Bodinus
Schrader
Beverly Walker
Abbess
Jacques Dufilho
Captain
Clemens Scheitz
Clerk
John Leddy
Coachman
Rudolf Wolf
Coachman
Štefan Husár
Coachman
Lo van Hensbergen
Councilman
Johan te Slaa
Crier
Jan Groth
Harbormaster
Bo van Hensbergen
Inspector
Claude Chiarini
Inspector
Crew
Werner Herzog
Director
Bram Stoker
Novel
Daniel Toscan du Plantier
Producer
Michael Gruskoff
Producer
Popol Vuh
Original Music Composer
Charles Gounod
Music
Florian Fricke
Music
Richard Wagner
Music
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Director of Photography
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Editor
Walter Saxer
Executive Producer
Keywords
Links
Trailer
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — VAMPIRES: Pt 7 - Dracula (1979) & Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Appears in
BFI: The Ultimate Horror Watchlist
German Expressionism
Kim Newman — Nightmare Movies
Scream Factory
Slant Magazine: 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time
Vampires - The Evolution of Horror Podcast
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