| Description |
2 videodiscs (95 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical surround DTS 5.1 rda |
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digital optical stereo DTS 2.0 rda |
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video file Blu-ray 1920x1080p region A rda |
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Motion picture. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1922. |
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Based on the novel, Dracula, by Bram Stoker. |
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Special features: Hans Erdmann's original 1922 score, in 5.1 Surround or 2.0 Stereo; The language of shadows (2007), a 52-minute documentary on F.W. Murnau's early career and the making of Nosferatu ; 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) ; image gallery. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Nosferatu with English intertitles ; The language of shadows ; Special feature -- Disc 2. Nosferatu with original German intertitles. |
| Credits |
Photographed by Fritz Arno Wagner; art director: Albin Grau; restored by Luciano Berriatúa on behalf of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung; reconstruction of the original score, Berndt Heller. |
| Cast |
Max Schreck, Greta Schroder, Ruth Landshoff, Gustav Von Wangenheim, Alexander Granach, George H. Schnell. |
| Performer |
Music performers, Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra ; conductor, Berndt Heller. |
| Summary |
The quintessential silent vampire film, crafted by legendary German director F. W. Murnau. Rather than depicting Dracula as a shape-shifting monster or debonair gentleman, Murnau's Graf Orlok is a nightmarish, spidery creature of bulbous head and taloned claws, perhaps the most genuinely disturbing incarnation of vampirism yet envisioned. Features two versions of the film, the original German intertitles (with optional English subtitles) or English intertitles. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; requires Blu-ray player. |
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Newly mastered in HD from the archival 35mm restoration by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung. |
| Language |
Intertitles in English or German; with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Dracula, Count (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Vampires -- Romania -- Transylvania -- Drama.
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Vampire films.
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Horror films.
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Silent films.
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Expressionist films.
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Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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| Genre |
Vampire films.
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Horror films.
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Silent films.
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Film adaptations.
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Foreign films.
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| Added Author |
Murnau, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1888-1931, director.
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Galeen, Henrik, screenwriter.
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Dieckmann, Enrico, film producer.
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Schreck, Max, 1879-1936, actor.
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Schroeder-Matrey, Greta, actor.
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Yorck, Ruth, 1909-1966, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912.
Dracula.
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Heller, Berndt, conductor.
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Saarländischer Rundfunk. Sinfonie-Orchester, performer.
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Kino Classics (Firm), film distributor.
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| Standard No. |
738329120924 |
| Music No. |
K1209 Kino Classics (set) |
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K1209A Kino Classics (disc 1) |
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K1209B Kino Classics (disc 2) |
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