Nosferatu the Vampyre

Original title: Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht

1979
AA
1h 47m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

47K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

Play trailer2:14

Supernatural Horror Vampire Horror Drama Horror

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.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.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.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

47K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,729

1,132

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 5 wins & 8 nominations total

Videos1

Trailer 2:14

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Photos98

+ 91

‘Snow White’ Stars Test Their Wits

Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, and director Marc Webb take our Ultimate Disney Quiz.

Watch now

9:57

More like this

7.8

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

6.9

Shadow of the Vampire

7.4

Bram Stoker's Dracula

7.3

5.1

4.8

5.5

7.8

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

8.0

Fitzcarraldo

7.4

Dracula

7.0

The Witch

7.1

Nosferatu Re-Animated

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
The film implies on several occasions that Dracula's castle exists in a type of shadow dream world and it is in this reality which Harker finds himself at the beginning of the film. This is implied by statements from the gypsies that Dracula's castle is in fact merely a crumbling ruin with these ruins seen while the sun is setting, although Harker finds himself in a fully intact castle. Harker himself even notes that the castle "doesn't seem real" and is haunted by the image of a violin-playing boy who is suggested to be either a phantom or ghost.

Goofs
(at around 58 mins) 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.

Quotes
Count Dracula: [subtitled version] Time is an abyss... profound as a thousand nights... Centuries come and go... To be unable to grow old is terrible... Death is not the worst... Can you imagine enduring centuries, experiencing each day the same futilities...

Alternate versions
The English-language version was only available in a shorter cut until 2000, which was about 10 minutes shorter.

Connections
Edited into Catalogue of Ships (2008)

Soundtracks
Rheingold
Written by Richard Wagner
Performed by Wiener Philharmoniker
Conducted by Georg Solti (as Sir Georg Solti)
Decca LC 0171

User reviews265

Featured review

8/10

Kinski Rules

I saw this as part of a double feature with Aguirre: The Wrath of God. Needless to say, it wasn't an evening of giggles. This is a film from beginning to end about pestilence. There is the actual plague. There are characters who are walking demonstrations of pestilence. There is the sad, defeated, Count who, as we all know, is not happy with his condition, but is programmed to steep himself in blood. The characters of Kinski and Adjani are on a collision course. Only through human sacrifice and lust can this demon be destroyed. It's a gray, striking film, full of sadness and despair. Kinski is visually stunning as the vampire. He is remindful of count Orlock in the Murnau film. There is more sensuality in this film (there are less limitations). Still, like its predecessor, the star of the show is death and the scenes with the rats and the people dancing away their last days, the coffins carried through the streets, are as striking as any performance. Herzog brings out the weight of human despair.