Nosferatu the Vampyre

Nosferatu the Vampyre
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWerner Herzog
Screenplay byWerner Herzog
Based onDracula
by Bram Stoker
Nosferatu
by F. W. Murnau
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Edited byBeate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Music byPopol Vuh
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox (Germany)[1]
Gaumont Distribution (France)
Release dates
  • 17 January 1979 (1979-01-17) (France)
  • 12 April 1979 (1979-04-12) (Wiesbaden)
Running time
107 minutes[2]
CountriesWest Germany
France
Languages
  • German
  • English
  • Romany
Budget

Nosferatu the Vampyre (German: Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht, lit.'Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night') is a 1979 gothic horror film directed and written by Werner Herzog. The film serves as both a remake[a] of the 1922 film Nosferatu and an adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.[b] Herzog’s film is set in 19th-century Wismar, Germany and Transylvania. The picture stars Klaus Kinski as Count Dracula, Isabelle Adjani as Lucy Harker, Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Harker, and French artist-writer Roland Topor as Renfield. There are two different versions of the film, one in which the actors speak English, and one in which they speak German.[5]

Herzog's production of Nosferatu was very well received by critics and enjoyed a comfortable degree of commercial success.[6] The film also marks the second of five collaborations between director Herzog and actor Kinski,[7] following 1972's Aguirre, the Wrath of God. The film had 1,000,000 admissions in West Germany and grossed ITL 53,870,000 in Italy.[8] It was also a modest success in Adjani's home country, taking in 933,533 admissions in France.[9]

A novelization of the screenplay was written by Paul Monette and published by both Avon Publishing and Picador in 1979. The 1988 Italian horror film Nosferatu in Venice is a "sequel-in-name-only",[10] again featuring Kinski in the title role.[11]

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  3. ^ Andrew, Geoff (30 October 2013). "Past lives: Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
       Newby, Richard (12 October 2019). "The Quiet Horror of 'Nosferatu the Vampyre' at 40". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 24 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
       Williamson, Samuel (26 November 2023). "The Best Dracula Movie Is Actually Werner Herzog's 'Nosferatu' Remake". Collider. Archived from the original on 24 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
       Pitman, Robert (2 July 2024). "Forget Robert Eggers' 2024 Remake - There Is Already A Nosferatu Movie Better Than The 102-Year-Old Original". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 24 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  4. ^ Herzog 2014, 00:04:00.
  5. ^ "Nosferatu, the Vampyre | film by Herzog [1979] | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  6. ^ "An Adaptation With Fangs by Garrett Chaffin-Quiray". Kinoeye. Retrieved 30 January 2007.
  7. ^ "Frames 'n' friends by Amulya Nagaraj". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2007.
  8. ^ "Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) - Box office / business" – via www.imdb.com.
  9. ^ JP. "Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht (1979)- JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com.
  10. ^ Reeves, Tony. "Vampire In Venice (Nosferatu A Venezia) — 1986". Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Nosferatu in Venice (Prince of the Night) DVD Review: When Art Becomes Trash - Cinema Sentries". cinemasentries.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.


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