Max Schreck
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Friedrich Gustav Maximilian Schreck was a German actor, best known for his lead role as the vampire Count Orlok in the film Nosferatu.
Schreck in 1916
Schreck as Count Orlok
Shadow of the Vampire
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Shadow of the Vampire is a 2000 horror film directed by E. Elias Merhige, written by Steven Katz, and starring John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe. It is a fictionalized account of the making of the class
Max Schreck
…Stahnsdorf in Brandenburg. The person and performance of Max Schreck in Nosferatu was fictionalised by actor Willem Dafoe in E. Elias Merhige's Shadow of the Vampire. In a secret history, Shadow posits that Schreck was a real vampire. Dafoe was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal…
Theatrical release poster