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Nosferatu the Vampyre

- It is fear and fun. It is a scream of horror and a cry of delight. It is Nosferatu, the Vampyre.

A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.

Release Date : 1979-01-17

Language :EnglishRomanianGerman

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Werner Herzog FilmproduktionGaumont

Production Country : GermanyFrance

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Count Dracula

Original Name : Klaus Kinski

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lucy Harker

Original Name : Isabelle Adjani

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jonathan Harker

Original Name : Bruno Ganz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Renfield

Original Name : Roland Topor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Van Helsing

Original Name : Walter Ladengast

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mina

Original Name : Martje Grohmann

Gender : Female

Character Name : Schrader

Original Name : Carsten Bodinus

Gender : Male

Character Name : Abbess

Original Name : Beverly Walker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain

Original Name : Jacques Dufilho

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clerk

Original Name : Clemens Scheitz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coachman

Original Name : John Leddy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coachman

Original Name : Rudolf Wolf

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coachman

Original Name : Štefan Husár

Gender : Male

Character Name : Councilman

Original Name : Lo van Hensbergen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crier

Original Name : Johan te Slaa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harbormaster

Original Name : Jan Groth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector

Original Name : Bo van Hensbergen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector

Original Name : Claude Chiarini

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maiden

Original Name : Margiet van Hartingsveld

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pallbearer

Original Name : Tim Beekman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sailor

Original Name : Roger Berry Losch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Town Official

Original Name : Rijk de Gooyer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Warden

Original Name : Dan van Husen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hand and Feet in Box with Rats (uncredited)

Original Name : Werner Herzog

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-04-29

"Harker" (Bruno Ganz) travels to remote Transylvania where he is to help "Count Dracula" (Klaus Kinski) buy a new home in his hometown of Wismar. Why? Well that's because he has fallen in love with a photograph of his beautiful wife "Lucy" (Isabelle Adjani) and has determined to make her his immortal bride. "Harker" had been warned by the locals of the dangers of visiting the "Count" but he pressed on regardless, so ought not to have been surprised when his host absconds from his castle on a schooner laden with coffins, soil and a deadly plague of rats so he can ensnare his innocent young wife. Can he race back home in time to thwart this evil? There's nothing especially new about the chronology of the story here, it's the characterisation of the vampire that helps this stand out. It's obvious from the start that "Dracula" is not of human kind. Contrasting with most interpretations of the title role, Kinski and Warner Herzog attempt to imbue "Dracula" with a degree of humanity. He doles out his lusts left, right and centre upon the innocent, spreading plague and disaster wherever he goes, but he too is cursed. By his own immortality, by his search for some kind of fulfilment or contentedness. This isn't a depiction riddled with sharp teeth and ketchup, it's much more subtle, refined even, telling of a character that it's almost impossible not to feel sorry for. The production itself has dated rather badly, and at times it did remind me of one of these "Sherlock Holmes" remakes, but the thrust of the story is still interestingly different to the normal depiction of this epitome of evil and worth sticking with.