Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau was a German film director, producer and screenwriter. He is regarded as one of cinema's most influential filmmakers for his work in the silent era.
Murnau c. 1920–1930
Murnau shooting a film in 1920
Murnau with Henri Matisse in Tahiti in 1930
Actor David Rollins sits unclothed in a 1927 photo taken by Murnau.
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is a 1922 silent German Expressionist vampire film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife of his estate agent and brings the plague to their town.
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An iconic shot of the shadow of Count Orlok ascending a staircase
Max Schreck in a promotional still for the film
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