Shadow of the Vampire

Aug 30, 2000

1h 35m

★ 6.7

An unspeakable horror. A creative genius. Captured for eternity.

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

Horror

Production Companies

BBC Film

Saturn Films

Long Shot Pictures

Pilgrim Films

Delux Productions

Film Fund Luxembourg

Shadow of the Vampire Trailers

Cast

F. W. Murnau

John Malkovich

Max Schreck

Willem Dafoe

Albin Grau

Udo Kier

Fritz Arno Wagner

Cary Elwes

Greta Schröder

Catherine McCormack

Gustav von Wangenhein

Eddie Izzard

Henrik Galeen

Aden Gillett

Paul

Nicholas Elliott

Wolfgang Müller

Ronan Vibert

Elke

Sophie Langevin

Maria

Myriam Muller

Innkeeper

Miloš Hlaváč

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