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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0738329056520
Label: KINO VIDEO
Manufacturer: KINO VIDEO
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: KINO VIDEO
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 20, 2007
Running Time: 94 minutes
Sales Rank: 2997
Studio: KINO VIDEO
Theatrical Release Date: June 03, 1929
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A cornerstone of the horror film, F.W. Murnau s NOSFERATU is triumphantly reborn in this breathtaking new restoration by the F.W. Murnau Foundation. Backed by an orchestral performance of Hans Erdmann s 1922 score (recorded in 5.1 stereo surround), Kino International edition presents Murnau s masterpiece in this all-new restored HD transfer with unprecedented clarity and faithfulness to the original release version. This double-disc collection presents the film with the original German intertitles as well as with newly-translated English intertitles. Accompanying the film is a 52-minute documentary by Luciano Berriatúa which provides a detailed account of the production and explores the filmmakers involvement in the occult. Also includes 'Nosferatu: Historic Film Meets Digital Restoration' - a 3-minute documentary - 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) - Photo Gallery - Scene Comparison
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As noted critic Pauline Kael observed, '... this first important film of the vampire genre has more spectral atmosphere, more ingenuity, and more imaginative ghoulish ghastliness than any of its successors.' Some really good vampire movies have been made since Kael wrote those words, but German director F.W. Murnau's 1922 version remains a definitive adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Created when German silent films were at the forefront of visual technique and experimentation, Murnau's classic is remarkable for its creation of mood and setting, and for the unforgettably creepy performance of Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a.k.a. the blood-sucking predator Nosferatu. With his rodent-like features and long, bony-fingered hands, Schreck's vampire is an icon of screen horror, bringing pestilence and death to the town of Bremen in 1838. (These changes of story detail were made necessary when Murnau could not secure a copyright agreement with Stoker's estate.) Using negative film, double-exposures, and a variety of other in-camera special effects, Murnau created a vampire classic that still holds a powerful influence on the horror genre. (Werner Herzog's 1978 film Nosferatu the Vampyre is both a remake and a tribute, and Francis Coppola adopted many of Murnau's visual techniques for Bram Stoker's Dracula.) Seen today, Murnau's film is more of a fascinating curiosity, but its frightening images remain effectively eerie. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating:  - Nosferatu Needs A Careful Watching to Appreciate
Ironically, for a film that is 86 years old, "Nosferatu" starts off, like a bad, self-produced YouTube video.
Thankfully, it improves.
I've always wanted to watch the first vampire movie ever made and the one that is often considered the greatest adaptation of Bram Stoker's "Dracula." Recently, I was able to.It's an unofficial version and Stoker's estate actually sued German Director F.W. Murnau over it. All copies of the film were ordered destroyed.
Obviously, ... Read More
Rating:  - The Best Nosferatu edition available on DVD
Kino entertainment releases the frequently issued DVD of the German silent vampire classic,Nosferatu(1922) in a beautiful two disc special edition,worthy of the film's classic status.
The print has been cleaned up to almost pristine quality,better than there previous release of 2002,and the original score for the film is available fnally.
The score adds immeasurably to the film,creating the atmosphere and emotion and epic scale that few of the earlier releases could come close to.
The ... Read More
Rating: - The Great Dracula Movie!
This is by far my favorite Dracula movie.It was not copyrighted and was ordered to be destroyed in 1923.It didn't happen for many copies.This is a great movie and it would have been a tragedy to lose.Way back in the day when 8mm home movie projectors were in vogue and my mother was a public librarian, my brother and I used to take the 8mm version of the movie and play and play it again.We loved it and I continue that infatuation with the movie to the day.This is great DVD version with tinting, ... Read More
Rating:  - Creepy.... Creepy I tell ya
Great acting, great scenery and chilling story; Dracula, the master is back
The movie was released in 1922, but in 1994 it was named one of the top five German films of all time.
That just goes to show you that great work goes stronger with time. The greatness of silent movies originates from the difficulty of telling the story and in this silent great work, terror is a mission greatly accomplished.
Just a side note; the music wasn't good, but knowing that it isn't the original ... Read More
Rating: - The Plague Bearer
Nosferatu is one of the few silent movies enjoyable by those who don't like silent movies.The vampire theme lends itself perfectly to grainy black and white and tinted film, atmosphere building organ music and cheep, crude special effects. Nosferatu is easily the best Dracula movie.Bela Lugosi was memorable but Max Schreck is instantly iconic.
Innovative director F.W. Murnaw makes ingenious use of location shooting, clever camera tricks and his star, Max Schreck, to craft a creepy, unconventional ... Read More
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