Director FW Murnau made a Faustian pact with a vampire by casting him in the 1922 film Nosferatu.
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Film actors:
- FW Murnau: John Malkovich
- Max Schreck as Willem Dafoe
- Albin Grau as Udo Kier
- Fritz Arnold Wagner as Cary Elwes
- Greta Schroeder as Katherine McCormack
- Gustav von Wangenhein as Eddie Izzard
- Henrik Garlin as Aden Gillette
- Paul: Nicholas Elliott
- Wolfgang Müller as Ronan Vibert
- Elke: Sophie Langevin
- Maria: Miriam Muller
- Innkeeper: Miloš Hlaváč
- The Hotelkeeper’s Wife: Magga-Lena Junker
- Reporter 1: Derek Coote
- Reporter 2: Norman Golightly
- Drunk Woman: Sasha Ley
- Old Woman: Marie-Paul von Rogen
- Murnau’s Crew: Orion Williams
- Michelin (uncredited cast): Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
- Murnau’s Crew (uncredited): Radica Jovicic
Crew:
- Director: E. Elias Mersig
- Screenwriter: Steven Katz
- Original Music Composer: Dan Jones
- Editor: Chris Wyatt
- Producer: Nicolas Cage
- Producer: Jeff Levine
- Director of Photography: Lou Berg
- Production Manager: Jean-Claude Schlim
- Casting: Carl Proctor
- Production Design: Ashton Gorton
- Art Director: Chris Bradley
- Costume Design: Caroline de Vivas
- Makeup designer: Ann Buchanan
- Prosthetic designer: Pauline Fowler
- Prosthetic designer: Julian Murray
- Hairstylist: Katja Reinert-Alexis
- Prosthetic makeup artist: Amber Sibley
- Makeup artist: Leendert van Nimwegen
- Post-production supervisor: Stephen Barker
- First Assistant Director: Edward Brett
- Prop Master: Paul Biwer
- Construction Coordinator: Caryne Portevin
- Sound re-recording mixer: Michael A. Carter
- Sound re-recording mixer: Anthony Cleal
- ADR and voiceover: James Feltham
- Foley Editor: Arthur Graley
- Sound Editing Supervisor: Nigel Heath
- Sound Editor: Julian Slater
- Boom operator: Olivier Struye
- Sound Engineer: Carlo Tos
- Stunt Coordinator: Rick Wiessenhaan
- Key Figure: Bernard Brégier
- Best Electric Boy: Emmanuel Frideritzi
- Still Photographer: Jean-Paul Kiefer
- Lighting Engineer: Glenn Parsons
- Best Electric Boy: Mark Stibs
- Tailor: Christopher Prince
- Venue Manager: Claude Ludovich
- Choreography: Françoise Vandenbroucke
- Photographer: Mike Fox
- Co-producer: Richard Johns
- Second Assistant Director: Jamie Christopher
Movie review:
- John Chad: Murnau, did I kill your people? I do not remember.
- FW Murnau (John Malkovich) is filming Nosferatu (1922), but is reclusive star Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe) taking his vampire role too seriously?
- In some ways, it’s a curator’s egg of a film. This will definitely help if you’re a fan of old classic films and have some familiarity with the source material at the heart of the films. The script is based on a mythical concept, the star of the film might actually be a real vampire, and the entire production is executed with superb skill (Dafoe deservedly received an Oscar nomination, as did makeup artist Ann Buchanan and Amber ·Sibley too). But ultimately it failed and proved to not live up to its extremely interesting premise. Still, the fun and all-around technical credits keep people fully engaged. 6/10
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