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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: For the 1979 remake of F. W. Murnau's classic 1922 silent horror fest Nosferatu, star Klaus Kinski adopted the same makeup style used by Murnau's leading man Max Schreck. Major difference: Kinski was by far the better actor, and his makeup became more and more decayed and desiccated as the film progressed. Essentially a retelling of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Nosferatu the Vampyre traces the blood-sucking progress of the Count as he takes over a small German village, then attempts to spread his influence and activities to the rest of the world. All that prevents Dracula from continuing his demonic practices is the self-sacrifice of Lucy Harker, played by Isabelle Adjani. Director Werner Herzog used the story to parallel the rise of Nazism. The film was lensed in the Dutch towns of Delft and Scheiberg.
SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Berlin International Film Festival, ...Nosferatu the Vampyre ( Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht )
SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Berlin International Film Festival, ...Nosferatu the Vampyre ( Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht )
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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When i saw this movie for the first time I was stunned...although Werner Herzog is one of my favourite directors I was sceptical at first about Nosferatu because i was afraid that it will be much weaker than his predecessor....I couldn't be more wrong with this assumption...the movie is excellent.....there never was any vampire movie that even tried to give us such a strong portrait (both physically and psychicaly) of a creature that continued to live through ages..." Can You Imagine enduring centuries....experiencing the same futility every day" with this sentence Nosferatu explains the whole horror of his existence...and you feel some sort of sorrow for him even though you know that he is a monster ho pray on human blood to live.....unforgettable!. Film is beautifully shot by old Herzog's associate Jorg Schmidt-Reitwein and the music is excellently chosen to strenghten the whole atmosphere....pieces from Wagner's Das Rheingold are included here....and the cast is perfectly chosen, especially Kinski in the title role....possibly one of the best vampire movie among such gems as Carl Theodor Dreier's Vampyr, or Murnau's original Nosferatu
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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It's a very good movie (it's simply Herzog), but if you look for a horror movie and only a horror movie you may be very dissapointed. It is not a horror movie, this is more than just a movie of some well defined kind. This may be like some variations on "Heart of Glass", but in a different costume. This is not a movie for closed-minded horror consumers. This is Herzog with all his patience, time he takes, hipnotic visions he shows and the same madness or determination in Kinski's eyes. Great photos and unique atmosphere - flying bats, plague-or-what in the town, overall atmosphere of madness, insane dance at the end. Great movie, deep like Herzog and Kinski and yet simply horrifyng like Dracula. I'm not dissapointed with Herzog one more time.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Instead of an action-packed, blood&gore laden, shallow, visually unassuming Hollywood-flick, you get an almost sinisterly dark and incredibly beautiful piece of art. Don't watch the English version, it lacks the atmosphere of the German version, probably due to the German actors' inability to cope well with the English language. Everything is more fluent with the German and this translates into better acting overall. If your German isn't fluent, then watch it with the English subtitles on.
This movie attempts to capture the deeper currents of the Vampire myth, to get to the heart of the curse that is embodied in Dracula. Klaus Kinski is brilliant as Count Dracula and makes the movie all by himself. Which isn't easy, as the director is obviously set on translating the vampire myth into something as close to believable or "real" as possible.
The scenes are long and cumbersome in places, that is true. But this only serves to work the sinister and dark atmosphere into the viewer. If you immerse yourself, then the movie is a thrilling experience.
This movie attempts to capture the deeper currents of the Vampire myth, to get to the heart of the curse that is embodied in Dracula. Klaus Kinski is brilliant as Count Dracula and makes the movie all by himself. Which isn't easy, as the director is obviously set on translating the vampire myth into something as close to believable or "real" as possible.
The scenes are long and cumbersome in places, that is true. But this only serves to work the sinister and dark atmosphere into the viewer. If you immerse yourself, then the movie is a thrilling experience.
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Not quite excellent
The outstanding element in this "kind of a remake" of Murnau's Nosferatu is, of course, Kinski's portrayal of Dracula as an evil yet sad, tortured creature longing for both love... Read more
Published 2 months ago by J. R. Dersley
Dubbed Into English
This film is excellent but the DVD is not. The features listed below are to be found on the 'Nosferatu' DVD that is part of the Herzog/Kinski box set, not this DVD. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dermot Joseph Sullivan
Probably my favouriteadaptation of Dracula
Like so much of German cinema this film is probably an acquired taste, and I admittedly have not seen all of the original silent film, but I general love Herzog's take on both... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ceallaigh
NO EXTRAS!
Great film,but described as having a host of extra features.None on the version I was sent! Nevertheless a good buy for the price.
Published 6 months ago by Mr. D. J. Bustard
The most convincing vampire I've ever seen
Really good. You feel you are in a dream were you are very vividly hanging out with Dracula. Its very scary, not in the "BOO! Read more
Published 15 months ago by Karl Consiglio
Superb, but what happened to the Credits?
Herzog's 'Nosferatu' is a great adaption of the original book of Bram Stoker's Dracula, and you must not compare it with Murnau's 1922 predecessor. That's not fair. Read more
Published 16 months ago by J. Otterspoor
Amateurish
I have to say this film looked very amateurish to me, and rather sloppily put together for the most part, in spite of a good cast and some good, visually attractive scenes. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Enthusiast
The Thief Immortal
Herzog does well to bring his own very un Gothic style to this late Hammer horror film. Full marks for casting synth-pop pionear Gary Numan as the prince of darkness himself (sans... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Stantonwillis
A Masterpiece...
Seriously, the best film I've ever seen. Although I do love the original 1922 version, this just perfects the mood. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Lemurjim
All time classic but new DVD urgently required
I rewatched this recently - why not, it's my all time favourite horror movie, the perfect capturing of a nightmare. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Now Zoltan
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