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Nosferatu

Max Schreck (Actor), Greta Schrder (Actor), F.W. Murnau (Director) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 1,508 ratings
IMDb7.8/10.0
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Genre Horror
Format Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Silent, Full Screen
Contributor Wolfgang Heinz, Albert Venohr, Max Nemetz, Henrik Galeen, John Gottowt, Max Schreck, Gustav Botz, Greta Schrder, Gustav von Wangenheim, Bram Stoker, Ruth Landshoff, Eric van Viele, Georg H. Schnell, Alexander Granach, F.W. Murnau See more
Runtime 1 hour and 21 minutes
Color Black & White

Product Description

The greatest horror film of all! A long time ago in middle Europe, a decrepit, forbidding castle stood. Casting an ominous shadow over the townspeople who dare not look upon it, the unholy dwelling is home to one Count Orlok (Max Schreck), an undead night creature with a taste for human blood. Showcasing the extremely eerie Schreck, "Nosferatu" is the first screen adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel "Dracula," stylistically directed by the legendary F.W. Murnau. Now available in this gorgeous newly remastered and rescored by The Silent Orchestra in 5.1 audio.

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ F.W. Murnau
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Silent, Full Screen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 21 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ January 2, 2001
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Max Schreck, Greta Schrder, Ruth Landshoff, Gustav von Wangenheim, Alexander Granach
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000055ZB8
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Bram Stoker, Henrik Galeen
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
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I was most excited to find out the soundtrack was by Type o negative
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I was most excited to find out the soundtrack was by Type o negative
The main menu came up but no response when selection of play were made. Judging by the warped back cover, the DVD must have suffered through extreme heat somewhere in transit.
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  • M. McMahan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Creepy
    Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2025
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    This is one of the creepiest movies I have ever seen. That it is a silent movie only adds to the intensity. A classic.
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  • Niemann
    5.0 out of 5 stars A comparison of different DVD versions.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2014
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    NOSFERATU is one of my favourite films of all time, and -- having just bought the Kino Ultimate Edition -- I've just been having one of my periodic binges, to compare different versions. Since the customer reviews for different editions are all jumbled together in a confusing way, I thought others might appreciate hearing some of the pros and cons of the different DVDs.

    A bit of background. I first saw NOSFERATU on late-night TV around 1980. I had always heard about what a classic it is, and saw that it was finally on. Even at 2am, with a lousy print and interrupted by obnoxious late-night commercials, something about it grabbed me. A few years later, Nosferatu was probably one of the first VHS tapes I bought, in a (then) high-quality edition by Video Film Classics.

    I started my binge with a DVD I recently made of that VHS tape, just for sentimental reasons. Although later I got better DVD editions, I always liked the orchestral score on the VHS version -- faded though the print was. One problem with so many silent film releases -- especially German Expressionistic ones -- is that they apparently think the best musical accompaniment for silent films is to use music by self-indulgent avant-garde composers determined to be as grating as possible, with the music having as little to do with the mood on the screen as possible.

    Let me say first off: THANK GOD for Image Entertainment and Kino. Their releases are consistently excellent.

    The Image DVD is definitely worth having for the completist. Until recently, it may have been the most satisfying. It has a good, appropriate organ accompaniment, as well as a fairly decent modernistic one. The image quality is very good, with a nice job of tinting. Interestingly, whereas my VHS edition was only 60 minutes long, the Image edition is 81 minutes long; yet, I could see absolutely no difference in the sequence of shots and scenes. I can only guess the Image edition is SLIGHTLY slowed down (although the 60 minute one didn't strike me as overly, obviously fast), and that there might have been a slight difference in the timing of the intertitles.

    I was disappointed in the Image commentary, however, as it sounds like it's by a graduate film student trying to impress his professors. I was hoping for facts about the making of the film, but it is primarily "scholarly" interpretation ... offered with the usual lack of qualification, as if the commenter must educate us lesser beings about the true, objective meaning of the film -- much of which seems laughable and more revealing of the commenter than of the film. For example, he tells us that it is obvious that the hero and his wife are in a passionless, unsatisfying "sexless marriage" -- even though what you're seeing on the screen is that they can't keep their hands off each other. Then we are shown the hero walking down the street. That's it. He's just walking down the street -- but we are assured that he is hurrying "to get away from his wife." What?!

    The 2004 Kino release has a comparable image quality to the Image release -- very good, with good tinting -- and it is somehow 93 minutes long, again with very little difference in the shots and scene sequences. It is very strange to me. There seem to be a few minor shots included that are left out of the other editions, but many of the old familiar individual shots seem to be held longer, with more at the beginnings and endings. I very much appreciate that, as I feel I'm seeing as much of the film as is historically possible and accurate. The big downer on this edition is the choice of either one obnoxious, grating modernistic score, or another obnoxious, grating modernistic score.

    The Kino "Ultimate DVD Edition", however, is just that. This is the one to have, if you must only have one. It is the same 93 minute length, but the image quality is even better. Incredible, actually. The restoration, from the only surviving 1922 print, and the tinting are gorgeous. I was seeing detail I've never seen before. But the essential piece: NOSFERATU is finally reunited with its original gorgeous orchestral score, by Hans Erdmann, painstakingly reconstructed and recorded. In style it reminds me often of Beethoven and Berlioz, with some Romanticism and a few disturbingly modernistic, dissonant touches.

    Watching this release, I feel that I have finally seen NOSFERATU the way it was intended to be seen by Murnau and his collaborators, with no compromises. THANK YOU, Kino.
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  • gene gottloeb
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie. Excellent Choice
    Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2025
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    This movie never gets Old, or Dated
    All others, that attempt to remake this
    Have a difficult uphill climb to match
    this. We will see with time.
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  • Dotmasa
    5.0 out of 5 stars Awesomeee
    Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2025
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    Love it
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  • A Hermit
    4.0 out of 5 stars Not 100% faithful to the theatrical release, some blunders, but still very well preserved
    Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2011
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    "Nosferatu" is, without a doubt, one of the most influential films of all time. But let's clear a few issues with this particular product first. Being a silent film from the early 1920's, all the dialogue and narrations are "subtitled," lacking a better word for it. These are actually moments where the screen goes completely black, while the text, presented in bold white typeface is displayed. Fine. This is how a typical silent film was made. But this version of the film is presented in full-screen, thus cropping the edges of the text, leaving the viewer to guess exactly what the last part of the passages say. People have complained about the screen changing colors throughout the story, but these people didn't understand that was how night and day shots were differentiated back then. This version (the one I have) doesn't have that, and where it makes the film more consistent, there's very little to tell you which scenes are at night, and which are in the day. Of course, Orlock can only survive at night, but the modern viewer is taken out of this as a time piece. And "Orlock's" name is the other issue. Murnau's film changed the character's names because of copyright issues to avoid being sued by Bram Stoker's publisher, and where the original prints had Dracula's name as "Count Orlock" (more sinister sounding, I think), this print uses the "Dracula" name in the film, but the "Orlock" name in the packaging. If you are young and uninformed, but still want to watch it, you may be confused, as this happens to various characters within. Consistency is VERY important to me in a book, movie, or TV show. And so many times, this idea is thrown to the four winds.

    There is no menu; you put it into your disc player, and right after the copyright warning, the film starts on its own, which doesn't have to be a bad thing, but when the film ends, it loops back to the beginning, forever replaying it until you physically turn it off.

    On to the pluses: The quality of the film is very good. It is sharp and clear, remarkable, given how old the film is, and the fact that Stoker's people had all known copies of the film destroyed. A copy or two slipped through the cracks, and we now have this masterpiece somewhat intact today. And a lot of people prefer it to the later interpretations, myself included.

    The appropriate good acting in a silent film, would be considered bad acting in a later film with sound, as all facial expressions and body movements had to be greatly exaggerated (wrist-to-the-forehead while one throws their head back with eyes closed, for example) for effect, and the actors needed heavy makeup to make their already over-the-top performances stand out better. With very little to go on, they used all at their disposal, and in this film, they did so to great effect. They leap off the screen.

    Music has been dubbed onto the soundtrack, and this gives the experience of being in a movie house at the time, when an organist was employed. And as a plus, there is some orchestration, a nice touch, given this is a much later time than before.

    And, of course, the story's two villians, Renfield and Orlock (I prefer calling him Orlock): Renfield is so deranged-looking in this movie, it almost makes one itch at the sight of him; large chrome-dome head, with an unruly ring of black and grey hair festooning in all directions, some black teeth, and a convincing look of insanity in his eyes. And check the eyebrows - holy crap! Just nasty all around. And Orlock, by any standard, is a terrifying sight. He is THE picture of corruption of the soul. Max Shreck portrays him with such conviction, my hat is off to him. He is tall and almost animal-like, with large dead eyes which NEVER blink. Watch him. Before he turns his head, he moves his eyes, then his face turns in their direction. He had a hooked shark-fin nose, long pointed ears, rodent-like teeth, long claw-like hands, and a stiff jerky walk which looks like that of a walking cadaver. There are two types of chills you can get up your back, the good kind and the bad kind. And he really can put the bad kind on you.

    I don't regret buying this particular version of this film; but if the formatting was better and the names in the titles were correct, it would have gotten a solid 5-star rating from me.
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  • J C
    5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I wanted.
    Reviewed in Canada on November 15, 2024
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Pellicola affascinante
    Reviewed in Italy on March 27, 2024
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    Arrivato oggi in condizioni perfette. Il film è veramente affascinante con le sue ambientazioni gotiche, poi in hd veramente stupendo!
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    5.0 out of 5 stars So macht der Klassiker Spaß !
    Reviewed in Germany on February 9, 2024
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    Perfekte Überarbeitung des Klassikers. Bildtechnisch besser, als die deutsche Veröffentlichung.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Para los amantes del cine clásico
    Reviewed in Mexico on September 4, 2020
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    El producto llegó en buen tiempo y buenas condiciones. La película no es para cualquier persona pero para aquellos que buscan satisfacer el gusto por el cine en general y en especial por títulos en los inicios del cine.
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    Reviewed in Japan on December 24, 2023
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