
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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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
- de
- Rating
- PG
- Also known as
- Nosferatu
- TMDB
- 7.3/10 (1,075 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 93% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 79/100
- IMDb
- 7.4/10 (48,124 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
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Links
Trailer
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — VAMPIRES: Pt 7 - Dracula (1979) & Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Appears in

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