Nosferatu
Aka 'Nosferatu: A Symphony of Terror'. The first and the greatest (not to mention scariest) Dracula movie ever made starring Max Schreck as Nosferatu, who leaves his home in Transylvania for fresh victims in Hamburg. A classic of German Expressionist cinema that famously for skirted copyright law by merely changing the name of Bram Stoker's villain.
Year: 1922
Genre: Alice's 500 Greatest Films, Horror Movies, Cult Films / After Dark, Silent Films, Based on..., Best of the 1920s, Vampires, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die), Classic Cinema
Country: Germany
Director: F W Murnau
Starring: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Greta Schroeder
Duration: 107 Minutes
Rating: M - Contains medium level violence.
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