The Nosferatu story : the seminal horror film, its predecessors and its enduring legacy / Rolf Giesen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giesen, Rolf, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nosferatu (Motion picture : 1922).

Vampire films--History and criticism.

Vampire films.

Physical Description:

v, 225 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"Director F.W. Murnau's 1921 Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror has become the ultimate cult classic among horror film buffs. There was much speculation about the production background, the filmmakers, and their star, German actor Max Schreck. This book tells the complete story drawing on rare sources. Along the way, the author touches upon other fantasy silents"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: 100 Years After World War I

It Came from Max Reinhardt

Paul Wegener and Hanns Heinz Ewers: The Godfathers of German Film Fantasy

Conrad Veidt and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Dr. Jekyll, Murnau and Dracula

Dracula in Germany: Henrik Galeen and the Screenplay for Nosferatu

The Storyline

Casting a Man Named "Shock"

Shooting Nosferatu in Kafka's Castle

Premiere and Contemporary Reviews

Frater Pacitius, Aleister Crowley's Berlin Disciple

Great Plan and Nightly Hallucinations: The Ill-Fated Prana Film Company

Fritz Lang Hits It Big; And Murnau Carries On

The Vampire Jew and the Curse of Anti-Semitism

How the Golem Came Into the World and Fought the Nazis

The Revival of Nosferatu

Christopher Lee vs. Klaus Kinski

Shadow of the Vampire: The Legacy

Appendix: Bios of the Crew and Cast of Nosferatu.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index.

Includes filmographies.

ISBN:

9781476672984

1476672989

OCLC:

1091291046