Nosferatu: the Vampyre

Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht

Sent by his employer to Transylvania to negotiate for a property owned by Count Dracula, Jonathan Harker leaves Holland, turning a deaf ear to his wife Lucy’s ill omens. When he arrives at his destination, however, he finds himself in a sinister, disquieting place. Dracula, after having loaded caskets onto a wagon, disappears, leaving Jonathan shut in the castle. Meanwhile in Wismar, a ship full of rats arrives; the rats spill out into the streets and spread the plague. Jonathan also makes it to the city, but is ill and incapable of expressing himself. Lucy senses the truth after reading a book about vampires and decides to sacrifice herself by keeping Dracula occupied until the first rays of sunlight break through.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Script: Werner Herzog
Cinematography: Jorg Schmidt-Reitwein
Editing: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Sound: Harald Maury
Music: Florian Fricke (Popol Vuh), Wagner, Gounod
Actors: Klaus Kinski (Count Dracula), Isabelle Adjani (Lucy Harker), Bruno Ganz (Jonathan Harker), Jacques Dufilho (captain), Roland Topor (Renfield), Walter Ladengast (Dr Van Helsing)
Production: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Co-production: Gaumont, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Costumes: Gisela Storch
Sets: Henning von Gierke, Ulrich Bergfelder
Format: DCP
Color: Colour
Production Country: Germany
Production Year: 1979
Duration: 103
Contact: Werner Herzog Film GmbH., Germany Lucki Stipetic T.+ 49 89 3304 0767 F.+ 49 89 3304 0768 worldsales@wernerherzog.com www.wernerherzog.com

Werner Herzog

Filmography

1971 Fata Morgana
1972 Aguirre, the Wrath of God (fiction)
1974 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (fiction)
1982 Fitzcarraldo (fiction)
2005 Grizzly Man
2010 Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2016 Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
2018 Meeting Gorbachev
2019 Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
2022 The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
2022 Theater of Thought