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Nosferatu (1922)

1922 · Silent film · 91 min

  • Horror

Synopsis

An estate agent travels to Transylvania to sell a house to Count Orlok (Max Schreck), a vampire who follows him home to the town of Wisborg and brings the plague. F. W. Murnau's unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

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Running time
91 minutes
Language
Polish
Internet Archive item
Nosferatu1922_201611

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Description in English · Maurice Molyneaux · 2026-10-07

This version features German intertitles and captions in Polish. The following is a Google Translate translation of the item description: *Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror* is a cult horror classic and the quintessence of German Expressionist cinema, created in 1922 by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau—a director whom German film historian Lotte Eisner considered the greatest filmmaker in the history of German cinema. The work is the first film adaptation of Bram Stoker’s famous novel *Dracula*. The film achieved particular renown for its portrayal of the vampire himself—an image many consider the most…

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