Nosferatu: A Symphony of HorrorF.W. Murnau's 1922 adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1893 vampire novel - a highpoint in early German cinema - is distinguished by Max Schreck's magnificently ghoulish performance as the enigmatic Count Orlok.
Made up to appear a rodent-like, sunken-eyed, spectral figure, Schreck's desiccated count rather more resembles a disinterred corpse than the well-groomed vampire of later screen incarnations and also distinctly lacks the romanticised veneer of Universal's later 1931 version, starring a black-caped Bela Lugosi.
Murnau's classic of German Expressionism, beyond exhibiting a masterful use of lighting and set design, was also ground-breaking in the way it combined naturalistic elements and settings.
Screens with newly translated intertitles and with a new recording of Hans Ermann's original 1922 score.
