Director F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, made in 1921, right after the devastating Spanish Flu pandemic, has become the ultimate cult classic among horror film buffs around the world. For years there was much speculation about the production background, the filmmakers, and their star, the German actor Max Schreck. This book tells the complete story drawing on rare sources. This book tells the complete story, drawing on rare sources. The trail leads to a group of occultists with a plan to establish a leading film company that would produce a momentous series of horror movies.…mehr
Director F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, made in 1921, right after the devastating Spanish Flu pandemic, has become the ultimate cult classic among horror film buffs around the world. For years there was much speculation about the production background, the filmmakers, and their star, the German actor Max Schreck. This book tells the complete story drawing on rare sources. This book tells the complete story, drawing on rare sources. The trail leads to a group of occultists with a plan to establish a leading film company that would produce a momentous series of horror movies. Along the way, the author touches upon other classic German fantasy silents, such as The Golem, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Metropolis.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Rolf Giesen, a former visiting professor at the Animation School of the Communication University of China in Beijing, has compiled a special effects collection for Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin and has co-written several animation features. He is president of the Jilin Animation, Comics and Games Museum in Changchun, China.
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Table of 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 Plans 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 The Nosferatu Filmography Filmography II: The Silent Era of German Expressionist, Fantasy and Alchemical Films Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of 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 Plans 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 The Nosferatu Filmography Filmography II: The Silent Era of German Expressionist, Fantasy and Alchemical Films Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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