Filmisch: Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
February 11th, 2010
Before Twilight, I Am Legend, Vampire Chronicles, True Blood, Buffy, Angel, The Vampire Diaries, The Historian, etc. there was Dracula. Bram Stoker’s Dracula is the pinnacle of vampire fiction, this epic ‘other’ is influential for all following vampire literature. But how does Bram Stoker relate to this blog on Nosferatu? Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) [Nosferatu; A Symphony of Horror] is a German silent film by F.W. Murnau based almost wholly on Bram Stokers Dracula. Murnau followed Stoker’s literature so closely that Stokers wife sued him for plagiarism and all but a few copies were burnt. Nosferatu is the first surviving vampire film, and considering the fate of the majority of the copies it is incredibly lucky that it can hold this title.
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