Nosferatu

A Film by FW Murnau

As unsettling as it is beautiful, FW Murnau's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is one of the highlights of German expressionist cinema, and has remained one of the most influential horror films of all time.

Adapted from Bram Stoker's archetypal gothic novel Dracula , Nosferatu tells the tale of Thomas Hutter, a solicitor who travels to the far reaches of Transylvania to negotiate a land sale with the enigmatic Count Orlok. Upon meeting the Count—magnificently played by Max Schreck in a performance of almost mythic proportions—Hutter encounters a rodent-like figure who never eats and is overly fascinated by his guest's blood. On the completion of their dealings, Hutter discovers the true enormity of his coffin-dwelling host, but too late to stop the vampire from embarking on a cross-continental voyage of ill intent…

Directors Suite is proud to present this iconic 1922 horror film, painstakingly restored by Germany's Wilhem-Friedrich-Murnau-Stiftung.

DVD Special Features

-All new digitally-restored print with newly translated intertitles in German and English
-Accompanied by a new recording of Hans Ermann's original 1922 score in Dolby® digital 5.1 surround sound
-Audio Commentary by Saige Walton, Lecturer in Cinema Studies at the University of Melbourne, and Martyn Pedler, Melbourne writer and cultural critic.
-The Language of Shadows: The Early Years and Nosferatu: a 52-minute documentary on the film
-Nosferatu: An Historic Film meets Digital Restoration: a short insight into the restoration
-An excerpt from Bram Stoker's novel Dracula
-An essay on the film by Peter Otto, Lecturer in English Literary Studies at the University of Melbourne.
-Image Gallery