Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979 · Movie · PG · 107 min · ★ 7.3 · 87% critics
A real estate agent heads to Transylvania to meet a mysterious count and help complete the purchase of a property in Wismar. What begins as a business trip turns into a growing nightmare as unsettling forces and disease spread along the way.
Based on Dracula, Nosferatu
Also known as Nosferatu
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Details
- Original title
- Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht
- Years
- 1979
- Release date
- 1979-01-17
- Language
- German
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (1,082 votes)
About
If you want a slow-building gothic vampire tale with unsettling visuals, Not for you if you need fast thrills, modern pacing, or consistently strong performances; it may appeal to fans of Horror of Dracula and Count Dracula.
Pros: haunting gothic atmosphere; memorable vampire performance; lush, eerie visuals | Cons: slow, uneven pacing; divisive acting; some viewers find it boring
Themes
- small town
- ship
- based on novel or book
- transylvania
- vampire
- bite
- coffin
- bed
- castle
- house
- melancholy
- remake
- +10 more
Cast & crew
Klaus Kinski
as Count Dracula
Isabelle Adjani
as Lucy Harker
Bruno Ganz
as Jonathan Harker
Roland Topor
as Renfield
Walter Ladengast
as Dr. Van Helsing
- MG
Martje Grohmann
as Mina
- CB
Carsten Bodinus
as Schrader
- BW
Beverly Walker
as Abbess
Jacques Dufilho
as Captain
Clemens Scheitz
as Clerk
Directed by Werner Herzog