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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (German: Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens)
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (German: Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens) is a 1922 silent German Expressionist horror film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife (Greta Schröder) of his estate agent (Gustav von Wangenheim) and brings the plague to their town.
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Directed by | F. W. Murnau[1] |
Screenplay by | Henrik Galeen |
Based on | Dracula by Bram Stoker |
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Music by | Hans Erdmann (1922 premiere)[1] |
Production company | Prana Film |
Distributed by | Film Arts Guild |
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Running time | 63–94 minutes, depending on version and transfer speed[1] |
Country | Germany |
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Nosferatu was produced by Prana Film and is an unauthorized and unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. Various names and other details were changed from the novel, including Count Dracula being renamed Count Orlok. It is believed by some that these changes were implemented in an attempt to avoid accusations of copyright infringement.[3] However, this seems unlikely as the original German intertitles explicitly state that the film is based on the Bram Stoker novel. Film historian David Karat states in his commentary track for the film that "No source has ever documented" this claim and that since the film was "a low-budget film made by Germans for German audiences... setting it in Germany with German named characters makes the story more tangible and immediate for German-speaking viewers".
Even with several details altered, Stoker's heirs sued over the adaptation, and a court ruling ordered all copies of the film to be destroyed. However, several prints of Nosferatu survived,[1] and the film came to be regarded as an influential masterpiece of cinema.[4][5]
More information link-https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu
City of The Dead (In America known as Horror Hotel -1960
The City of the Dead (U.S. title: Horror Hotel) is a 1960 supernatural horror film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and starring Christopher Lee, Venetia Stevenson, Betta St. John, Patricia Jessel and Valentine Dyall. The film marks the directorial debut of Moxey.[3] It was produced in the United Kingdom but set in America, and the British actors were required to speak with North American accents throughout.
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Directed by | John Llewellyn Moxey (as John Moxey) |
Screenplay by | George Baxt |
Story by | Milton Subotsky |
Produced by | Seymour S. Dorner Max Rosenberg (uncredited) Milton Subotsky Donald Taylor |
Starring | Christopher Lee Venetia Stevenson Betta St. John Dennis Lotis Valentine Dyall Patricia Jessel |
Cinematography | Desmond Dickinson |
Edited by | John Pomeroy |
Music by | Douglas Gamley Ken Jones (jazz) |
Production company | Vulcan |
Distributed by | British Lion |
Release dates | September 1960 (UK) 1961 (US) |
Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £45,000[1][2] |