"An unspeakable horror. A creative genius. Captured for eternity."

2000

1h 35m

6.7(626 votes)

Drama

Horror

Overview

Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."

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Cast & Crew

24 members

Acting

John Malkovich

F. W. Murnau

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Willem Dafoe

Max Schreck

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Udo Kier

Albin Grau

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Cary Elwes

Fritz Arno Wagner

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Catherine McCormack

Greta Schröder

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Eddie Izzard

Gustav von Wangenhein

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Aden Gillett

Henrik Galeen

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Nicholas Elliott

Paul

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Ronan Vibert

Wolfgang Müller

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Sophie Langevin

Elke

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Myriam Muller

Maria

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Miloš Hlaváč

Innkeeper

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Marja-Leena Junker

Innkeeper's Wife

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Derek Kueter

Reporter 1

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Norman Golightly

Reporter 2

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Patrick Hastert

Reporter 3

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Sascha Ley

Drunken Woman

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Marie-Paule von Roesgen

Old Woman

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Jean-Claude Croes

Murnau’s Crew

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Christophe Chrompin

Murnau’s Crew

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Graham Johnston

Murnau’s Crew

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Orian Williams

Murnau's Crew

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Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė

Micheline (uncredited)

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Radica Jovicic

Murnau's Crew (uncredited)

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