Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

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Directed by

E. Elias Merhige

Starring (View all)

John Malkovich
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau

Willem Dafoe
Max Schreck

Udo Kier
Albin Grau

Cary Elwes
Fritz Arno Wagner

Catherine McCormack
Greta Schröder

Eddie Izzard
Gustav von Wangenheim

Aden Gillett
Henrik Galeen

Nicholas Elliott
Paul

Written by

Steven Katz
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11 years, 7 months ago at Sep 29 4:52

Happy Vader

This film is about a director directing a director directing a film. Inception much? Here, lets put it this way: E. Elias Merhige is directing F.W. Murnau directing his landmark horror film, Nosferatu. But of course, it is a fictionalized account and stylishly done. I consider Nosferatu to be the greatest horror film ever made, hands down. Not only it laid down all the blueprints of horror, but st... read more

A good movie

9 years, 3 months ago at Jan 28 14:18

johanlefourbe

It has been a while since I have seen this flick and it would be nice to actually re-watch it at some point. To be honest, I don’t really remember how I ended up watching this flick and, on top of that, I have to admit that I hadn’t seen yet at the time the seminal classic ‘Nosferatu’ but, still, I thought there was something quite mesmerizing about this movie. Indeed, it is such a weird f... read more

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Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."

Release date: 30 August 2000
UPC: 025192126826

Tags: Horror (20), Drama (16), Vampires (15), Vampire (11), 2000 (9), Dracula (8), Gothic (8), Obsession (7), Death (6), Nudity (6), 2000s (6), Coffin (6), Morphine (6), Thriller (5), Filmmaking (5), Film Within A Film (5), Camera (5), Female Nudity (4), Blood (4), Nosferatu (4)

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