Rolf Giesen: The Nosferatu Story

Cover: 9781476692227 | The Nosferatu Story | Rolf Giesen | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025

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Director F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, made in 1921 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 the star--German actor Max Schreck. This greatly expanded new edition, based upon rare sources and years of dedicated research, tells the complete story of how a group of occultists established a leading film company that would produce a momentous series of horror movies. Along the way, other classic German fantasy silents, such as The Golem, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Metropolis, are discussed. Featured in this edition are photographs, documents and interviews, including one with Dacre Stoker, the great-grandnephew of Dracula author Bram Stoker.

Über den Autor

Rolf Giesen, a former visiting professor of animation at the Communication University of China and president of an animation museum in Changchun, China, has compiled a special effects collection for Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin and has co-written several animation features. He is an expert on early fantasy and science fiction films.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Plane Crash Near Nuremberg

It Came from Max Reinhardt

Paul Wegener and Hanns Heinz Ewers: The Godfathers of German Film Fantasy

"Why Aren't You Dead?"

The Zombies of Dr. Caligari

Dr. Jekyll and the Cosmic Vampire of War

Creepy Creatures

Casting a Skeletal Monster

Shooting Nosferatu in Kafka's Castle

Vampire Over Berlin

Backroom Occultism: Frater Pacitius, Aleister Crowley's Berlin Disciple

Great Plans and Nightly Hallucinations: The End of the Ill-Fated Prana Film Company

Satanic Alchemy vs. Dystopian Megalomania

The Twelfth Hour of the Vampyre

The Curse of Antisemitism

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

Interviews

Appendix I: Timeline

Appendix II: Nosferatu Crew and Cast Biographies

The Nosferatu Filmography

Filmography II: The Silent Era of German Expressionist, Fantasy and Alchemical Films

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Genre:	Importe , Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Fotografie
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781476692227
ISBN-10:	147669222X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Giesen, Rolf
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	254 x 178 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	Rolf Giesen
Erscheinungsdatum:	23.06.2025
Gewicht:	0,659 kg