Nosferatu - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "Nosferatu"

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)

Timing: 1:29 (89 min)

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All about film

Video 8

Photo 159

Actors and characters

Film crew

Director

F. W. Murnau

Director

Producer

Albin Grau

Producer

Enrico Dieckmann

Producer

Art Direction

Albin Grau

Art Direction

Costume Design

Albin Grau

Costume Design

Original Music Composer

Hans Erdmann

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Fritz Arno Wagner

Director of Photography

Günther Krampf

Director of Photography

Camera Operator

Fritz Arno Wagner

Camera Operator

Screenplay

Henrik Galeen

Screenplay

Novel

Bram Stoker

Novel

What's left behind the scenes

The film was banned in Sweden until 1972.
The film's prints and negatives were destroyed as a result of a lawsuit initiated by Bram Stoker's widow. However, copies were later found in other countries, and the film was saved.
Murnau used an interesting and previously unused cinematic technique to create a mystical atmosphere: in the scene where the hellish carriage carries Hutter to the castle, a night forest is shown in negative (white trees) in one shot, but the carriage and horses remain dark. In fact, the entire scene was filmed in negative, but the carriage and horses were draped in white cloths.
To enhance the 'deadness' of his character, Max Schreck did not blink once on camera.
Many night scenes were shot during the day, and this was visible even on black and white film. The flaw was later corrected by applying a blue filter to the night shots.
Out of 94 minutes of screen time, only 9 minutes are actually devoted to Nosferatu.
The cities of Wismar, Lübeck, and Rostock are shown at the beginning and end of the film. The High Tatras and the Vah River can also be seen in individual scenes.
Transylvania, the habitat of Count Orlok, was filmed in Slovakia. Orava Castle (in northern Slovakia) was used as the vampire's castle during filming.
The plot motif of a vampire dying from sunlight was first used in 'Nosferatu'.
Many night scenes were filmed during the day, and this was visible even on black and white film. This was later corrected by applying a blue filter to the night shots.
’Nosferatu’ was the first film to use the plot device of a vampire dying from sunlight.

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