Nosferatu the Vampyre

Haifa Classics

"It is a film of remarkable beauty, but makes no effort to attract or visually coddle us"

Roger Ebert
  • Archive - Festival 39
  • Director: Werner Herzog
  • : ©Werner Herzog Film
  • West Germany, France 1979
  • 110 minutes
  • German
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

It is 1850 in the beautiful, perfectly-kept town of Wismar. Jonathan Harker (Bruno Ganz) is leaving on a long journey over the Carpathian Mountains to finalize real estate arrangements with a wealthy nobleman. His wife Lucy (Isabelle Adjani) begs him not to go but, despite her warnings, Jonathan arrives four weeks later at a large, gloomy castle. Out of the mist appears a pale, wraith-like figure with deep-sunken eyes who identifies himself as Count Dracula (Klaus Kinski).

Werner Herzog's only horror film is as rich with artistry and tragedy as his most grounded, human work. Herzog pays homage to F.W. Murnau's 1922 film, Nosferatu, taking us to the heart of darkness in a film still considered the definitive 'Dracula' movie.

Filmography: Queen of the Desert (2015), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), Stroszek (1977), Heart of Glass (1976), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972).

 
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  • Director Werner Herzog
  • Production Werner Herzog
  • Script Werner Herzog, based on the novel by Bram Stoker
  • Cinematography Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
  • Editing Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
  • Music Popol Vuh
  • Actors Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor, Walter Ladengast
  • Source CineStage