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Nosferatu
(Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens)

Directed by F.W. Murnau.
With Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Greta Schröder.
Germany, 1922, black & white, 84 min.

This film marked the first appearance on screen of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and remains arguably the eeriest and most magical of the many film versions of this famous supernatural tale. Murnau’s use of real locations instead of stylized studio sets to create atmosphere, his deployment of special effects such as negative exposure and fast-speed motion to suggest a ghostly ride, and his casting of Max Schreck as the gaunt, spectral figure of Dracula make this one of the director’s most formally innovative works.
 

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