Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.
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Title: Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
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Cast
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| Klaus Kinski | ... | Count Dracula | |
| Isabelle Adjani | ... | Lucy Harker | |
| Bruno Ganz | ... | Jonathan Harker | |
| Roland Topor | ... | Renfield | |
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Walter Ladengast | ... | Dr. Van Helsing |
| Dan van Husen | ... | Warden | |
| Jan Groth | ... | Harbormaster | |
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Carsten Bodinus | ... | Schrader |
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Martje Grohmann | ... | Mina |
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Rijk de Gooyer | ... | Town official (as Ryk de Gooyer) |
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Clemens Scheitz | ... | Clerk |
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Lo van Hensbergen | ... | Harbormaster's Assistent |
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John Leddy | ... | Coachman |
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Margiet van Hartingsveld | ... | Vrouw |
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Tim Beekman | ... | Coffinbearer |
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Jonathan Harker is sent away to Count Dracula's castle to sell him a house in Wismar where Jonathan lives. But Count Dracula is a vampire, an undead ghoul living off of men's blood. Inspired by a photograph of Lucy Harker, Jonathan's wife, Dracula moves to Wismar, bringing with him death and plague... An unusually contemplative version of Dracula, in which the vampire bears the curse of not being able to get old and die. Written by Yepok
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Release Date:
17 January 1979 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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$5,190,818Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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When the captain of the ship is writing in his log he says they left the Caspian Sea, which is landlocked and nearly 1000 miles away from the port in Bulgaria where the voyage started. Bulgaria is on the Black Sea. See more »Quotes
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Warden: The one that bit the cow.
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There is an English-language version which was dubbed, and is about 90 seconds shorter than the original German-language version. Some alternate takes were used, and written language appears in the correct language for that region. See more »Soundtracks
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If anybody ever founds a Vampire Museum (and who knows, somebody somewhere probably already has), it would be unjust to devote anything less than a wing to Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu," one of the most stunningly beautiful 'horror' films I've ever seen. While I place 'horror' in quotes, it is not because of a default urge to pigeonhole something into a genre to which it barely qualifies--no, it's because "Nosferatu" is like watching an exquisite painting magically put in motion. There is fear and eerie atmosphere aplenty (much of which is provided by a recurring classical music cue), mixed with a rat fixation that becomes oddly symbolic. Unlike F.W. Murnau's 1922 version, this 1979 remake is as much about the existential despair of the undead condition rather than simply the plight of a blood-sucking vampire; while many scenes are recreated shot-for-shot, Herzog is no plagiarist, and actually improves on many of the technical shortcomings that hindered Murnau's film decades before ('night' no longer looks like mid-day, for instance). The film's supernatural love triangle remains intact, and again hinges on Lucy Harker (Isabelle Adjani), who steals the movie from the none-too-modest talents of Klaus Kinski (Count Dracula) and Bruno Ganz (Jonathan Harker). While some may find it slow and ponderous, this "Nosferatu" is one of the best vampire films ever made (besting even Murnau's version), a moody character piece with visual ingenuity to spare.