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Shadow of the Vampire is a British film of genre Drama directed by E. Elias Merhige released in USA on 15 may 2000 with John Malkovich

Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

Shadow of the Vampire
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Released in USA 15 may 2000
Length 1h32
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Horror
Rating68% 3.4484953.4484953.4484953.4484953.448495

Shadow of the Vampire is a 2000 horror film directed by E. Elias Merhige and written by Steven Katz, and starring John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe. The film is a fictionalised account of the making of the classic vampire film Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens, directed by F. W. Murnau, in which the film crew begin to have disturbing suspicions about their lead actor. The film borrows the techniques of silent films, including the use of intertitles to explain elided action and iris lenses.

Synopsis

In 1921, German director Frederich Wilhelm Murnau takes his cast and crew on-location in Czechoslovakia to shoot Nosferatu, an unauthorized version of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. Murnau keeps his team in the dark about their schedule and the actor playing the vampire Count Orlok. It is left to the film's other main actor, Gustav von Wangenheim, to explain that the lead is an obscure German theater performer named Max Schreck, who is a character actor. To involve himself fully in his role, Schreck will only appear amongst the cast and crew in makeup, and will never break character.

Actors

John Malkovich

(F. W. Murnau)
Willem Dafoe

(Max Schreck)
Udo Kier

(Albin Grau)
Cary Elwes

(Fritz Arno Wagner)
Catherine McCormack

(Greta Schröder)
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Dracula

Dracula's Death (1921) Nosferatu (1922) Dracula (1931) Drácula (1931) Dracula's Daughter (1936) Son of Dracula (1943) The Return of the Vampire (1943) House of Frankenstein (1944) House of Dracula (1945) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Blood of Dracula (1957) The Return of Dracula (1958) Dracula (1958) The Brides of Dracula (1960) Batman Dracula (1964) Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966) Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) Batman Fights Dracula (1967) Dracula (1967) Mad Monster Party? (1967) Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969) Assignment Terror (1970) Scars of Dracula (1970) Count Dracula (1970) Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) Vampyros Lesbos (1971) Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) Vampir Cuadecuc (1972) Mad Mad Mad Monsters (1972) Blacula (1972) Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) Count Dracula's Great Love (1973) The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) Blood for Dracula (1974) The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) Son of Dracula (1974) Dracula (1974) Vampira (1974) The Demonic Womanizer Costante Nicosia, or: Dracula in Brianza (1975) Dracula and Son (1976) Count Dracula (1977) Dracula's Dog (1977) Doctor Dracula (1978) Love at First Bite (1979) Nocturna (1979) Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) Dracula (1979) The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979) Who Is Afraid Of Dracula? (1985) The Monster Squad (1987) Dracula's Widow (1988) Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Monster Mash: The Movie (1995) Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) Dracula 2000 (2000) Monster Mash (2000) Zora la vampira (2000) Shadow of the Vampire (2000) Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000) Dracula (2002) Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002) Dracula II: Ascension (2003) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) Dracula 3000 (2004) The Adventures Of Young Van Helsing - Quest For The Lost Scepter (2004) Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004) The Vulture's Eye (2004) Blade: Trinity (2004) Van Helsing (2004) The Batman vs. Dracula (2005) Dracula III: Legacy (2005) Dracula's Curse (2006) Dracula (2006) The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008) Dracula's Guest (2008) House of the Wolf Man (2009) Young Dracula (2011) Saint Dracula (2012) Dracula 3D (2012) Hotel Transylvania (2012) Dracula: Reborn (2012) Dracula 2012 (2013) Dracula Untold (2014) Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)

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