
Nosferatu(1922)
The mysterious Count Orlok summons a happily married real estate agent to his castle, located up in the Transylvanian mountains, to finalise a terrifying deal.


“It is fear and fun. It is a scream of horror and a cry of delight. It is Nosferatu, the Vampyre.”
A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.

Klaus Kinski
Count Dracula

Isabelle Adjani
Lucy Harker

Bruno Ganz
Jonathan Harker

Roland Topor
Renfield

Walter Ladengast
Dr. Van Helsing
Martje Grohmann
Mina
Carsten Bodinus
Schrader
Beverly Walker
Abbess

Jacques Dufilho
Captain

Clemens Scheitz
Clerk
Nosferatu the Vampyre is a drama, horror film released in 1979 exploring themes of small town, ship, transylvania, vampire, bite, coffin. Directed by Werner Herzog, it stars Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz. A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.
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