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Rather than depict Dracula as a shape-shifting monster or debonair gentleman, Murnau's Graf Orlok is a nightmarish, spidery creature with a bulbous head and taloned claws. This is perhaps the most genuinely disturbing incarnation of vampirism.

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Corporate Authors: Kino International Corporation, Cineteca comunale (Bologna, Italy), Labratory (Firm), Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna, Italy), Transit Film (Firm)
Other Authors: Murnau, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1888-1931, Galeen, Henrik, Schreck, Max, 1879-1936, Wangenheim, Gustav von, 1895-1975, Granach, Alexander, 1890-1945, Schroeder-Matrey, Greta, Yorck, Ruth, 1909-1966, Wagner, Fritz Arno, 1894-1958, Grau, Albin, 1894-1942, Hourbette, Gérad, Zaboitzeff, Thierry, Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912
Format: Videos DVD
Language:No linguistic content, Not applicable
German
Published: Weisbaden, Germany : [New York, NY] : Transit Film ; Distributed by Kino International, [2002], c1922.
Edition:Restored authorized ed.
Subjects:
Stoker, Bram, > 1847-1912 > Film and video adaptations.
Dracula, Count (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Vampires > Drama.
Vampire films.
Horror films.
Silent films.
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Summary:Rather than depict Dracula as a shape-shifting monster or debonair gentleman, Murnau's Graf Orlok is a nightmarish, spidery creature with a bulbous head and taloned claws. This is perhaps the most genuinely disturbing incarnation of vampirism.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1922.
Based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker; freely adapted by Henrik Galeen.
Special features: lengthy excerpts from other films by F.W. Murnau: Journey into the night (1920); The haunted castle (1921); Phantom (1922); The last laugh (1924); Faust (1926); Tabu (1931); choose from two musical scores in digital stereo; photo gallery; scene comparison: novel, screenplay & film.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, Region 1 encoding.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; art director, Albin Grau ; music composers, Gérad Hourbette, Thierry Zaboitzeff ; costume designer, Albin Grau ; film restoration Cineteca del Comune di Bologna ; Labratory ; L'Immagine Ritrovata - Bologna, Italy ; Transit Film, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung.

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