4.7
“An unspeakable horror. A creative genius. Captured for eternity.”
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
August 30, 20001h 35mEN
6.7
675 votes
Overview
Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."
Director
E. Elias MerhigeWriter
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$8.0M
Revenue
$8.3M
Production Companies
BBC FilmSaturn FilmsLong Shot PicturesPilgrim FilmsDelux ProductionsFilm Fund Luxembourg
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John Chard
6.0Did I kill one of your people, Murnau? I can't remember. F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) is filming Nosferatu (1922), but isn't reclusive star Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe) taking his role of the vampire way too seriously? In some ways it's a curate's egg of a film. It certainly helps if you are a lover of old classic film and have some knowledge of the source material at the film's core. It's a fabulous concept that the screenplay is based around, that the star of the film may actually be a real vampire, and the whole production is executed with consummate skill (Dafoe was deservedly Oscar no…
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