Nice version about Nosferatu with the unforgettable rodent face Klaus Kinski who copies the vintage acting from Max Schrenk considered to be the most horrifying of all screen in the silent classic Nosferatu (1922) by Murnau , the expressionist German milestone also titled Nosferatu-Eine Symphonie Des Grauens -Nosferatu a Symphony of Horror- . This vampire masterpiece is remade in 1979 titled ¨Nosferatu the Vampyre¨ by Werner Herzog with good cast as Klaus Kinski , Bruno Ganz , Isabelle Adjnani , Topor , Dan Van Husen , among others . Klaus plays an outlandish Count Dracula who receives in his castle at the Carpathian Mountains to Jonathan Harker (Bruno Ganz) to arrange for the Count's purchase of a house . Later on , he moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land and only a woman pure of heart : Isabelle Adjani , can bring an end to his kingdom of terror .
This Werner Herzog film (1979) is a remake to German all time classic silent horror-movie from 1922 , being a captivating and eerie experience with creepy images , imaginative sets and exciting touches . Here Nosferatu does not enjoy his immortality and wants only to live , love and die like a human , this version of Nosferatu, in places almost a frame for frame remake , it results to be an enjoyable homage and Herzog pays an agreeable tribute to the old rendition .Klaus Kinski is perfect as Nosferatu with his rat face , long nails , pointed ears and skeletal frame . The story brilliantly conveys the loneliness , despair and sadness of the characters . The landscape is moody and lovely and the sets are gorgeous as well as creepy , especially the phantom castle of The Count , the ship and the ghost town of Wismar (Deft) . The slow, somewhat exaggerated reactions of his characters brilliantly echo the performances given by the previous silent actors . Kinski performance as the bald, bat-eared, close fanged Nosferatu remains one of the most frightening film characters in history . Werner Herzog's relationship with Klaus Kinski reached thunderous walks . Being five the Werner Herzog/Klaus Kinski collaborations, the first was : ¨Aguirre, Warth of God¨ (1972) this was the start of an extremely stormy, and sometimes violent, professional relationship with Herzog that lasted 15 years , from now on , a violent, intense , love-hate relationship was born ; the four remaining and essentially combative relationships were the following ones : ¨Nosferatu, the vampyre¨ (1979) ¨Woyzeck¨ (1979) and ¨Fitzcarraldo¨(1982) , while this interesting documentary ¨My Best Fiend¨ (1999) depicts the tumultuous relations between them . This Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979) contains a mysterious and esoteric musical score by Popol Vuh , Herzog's regular . As well as evocative and picturesque cinematography shot on location in Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands , Guanajuato, Mexico : footage of mummies , High Tatras, Slovakia , Pernstejn Castle, Nedvedice pod Perstejnem, Czech Republic , Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, Bavaria, Germany , Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
This brilliantly eerie motion picture was originally and compellingly directed by Werner Herzog . Followed by ¨Nosferatu in Venice¨ by Augusto Caminito and Mario Caiano with Christopher Plummer , Donald Pleasence and also with Klaus Kinski . Furthermore ¨Shadow of the Vampire¨ with Willem Defoe and John Malkovich ; it is a film about the making and production of Nosferatu ; it had to deal with a lot of strange things , some crew members disappeared, some died, this movie focuses on the Max Schrenk character.
This Werner Herzog film (1979) is a remake to German all time classic silent horror-movie from 1922 , being a captivating and eerie experience with creepy images , imaginative sets and exciting touches . Here Nosferatu does not enjoy his immortality and wants only to live , love and die like a human , this version of Nosferatu, in places almost a frame for frame remake , it results to be an enjoyable homage and Herzog pays an agreeable tribute to the old rendition .Klaus Kinski is perfect as Nosferatu with his rat face , long nails , pointed ears and skeletal frame . The story brilliantly conveys the loneliness , despair and sadness of the characters . The landscape is moody and lovely and the sets are gorgeous as well as creepy , especially the phantom castle of The Count , the ship and the ghost town of Wismar (Deft) . The slow, somewhat exaggerated reactions of his characters brilliantly echo the performances given by the previous silent actors . Kinski performance as the bald, bat-eared, close fanged Nosferatu remains one of the most frightening film characters in history . Werner Herzog's relationship with Klaus Kinski reached thunderous walks . Being five the Werner Herzog/Klaus Kinski collaborations, the first was : ¨Aguirre, Warth of God¨ (1972) this was the start of an extremely stormy, and sometimes violent, professional relationship with Herzog that lasted 15 years , from now on , a violent, intense , love-hate relationship was born ; the four remaining and essentially combative relationships were the following ones : ¨Nosferatu, the vampyre¨ (1979) ¨Woyzeck¨ (1979) and ¨Fitzcarraldo¨(1982) , while this interesting documentary ¨My Best Fiend¨ (1999) depicts the tumultuous relations between them . This Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979) contains a mysterious and esoteric musical score by Popol Vuh , Herzog's regular . As well as evocative and picturesque cinematography shot on location in Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands , Guanajuato, Mexico : footage of mummies , High Tatras, Slovakia , Pernstejn Castle, Nedvedice pod Perstejnem, Czech Republic , Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, Bavaria, Germany , Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
This brilliantly eerie motion picture was originally and compellingly directed by Werner Herzog . Followed by ¨Nosferatu in Venice¨ by Augusto Caminito and Mario Caiano with Christopher Plummer , Donald Pleasence and also with Klaus Kinski . Furthermore ¨Shadow of the Vampire¨ with Willem Defoe and John Malkovich ; it is a film about the making and production of Nosferatu ; it had to deal with a lot of strange things , some crew members disappeared, some died, this movie focuses on the Max Schrenk character.