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

A documentary look at F.W. Murnau's iconic — and unauthorized – 1922 vampire film, and its influence on bloodsuckers in film.
André Caron
Simon Laperrière
Philippe Spurrell

Max Schreck
Count Orlok (archive footage)
Nosferatu and the Birth of Vampires in Cinema is a documentary film released in 2022 exploring themes of vampire, nosferatu, horror. Directed by Sylvain Gagné, it stars André Caron, Simon Laperrière, Philippe Spurrell. A documentary look at F.W. Murnau's iconic — and unauthorized – 1922 vampire film, and its influence on bloodsuckers in film.
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