NOSFERATU (1922)
A FILM BY F.W. MURNAU
Eureka! Entertainment to release newly restored silent cinema horror classic, F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu for Halloween 2013 as part of their award-winning The Masters of Cinema Series.
MAX SCHRECK | GUSTAV VON WANGENHEIM | GRETA SCHRÖDER
1922 | 100 min. approx. | 1.33:1 OAR | Germany | Horror
Released theatrically in the UK – 25 October 2013
• The earliest adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula
• One of the most iconic and of all horror films – and silent films – in the history of cinema
• Ranked #21 in Empire magazine's 2010 poll of the 100 greatest films in world cinema
• Included on the latest Critic's Poll by Sight & Sound magazine of the 250 greatest films ever made
• The film behind E. Elias Merhige's John Malkovich-starring Shadow of the Vampire
• Directed by F. W. Murnau, the director of such legendary masterworks as Sunrise, Faust, Tabu, and The Last Laugh
• With an incomparable lead performance as the vampire by Max Schreck — whom some believe to have been an actual vampire
• The inspiration behind Werner Herzog's Klaus Kinski-starring 1979 feature adaptation
• Eureka! Entertainment’s 2013 theatrical release will feature as part of the BFI’s GOTHIC: The Dark Heart of Film
Eureka! Entertainment are delighted to announce the Halloween 2013 theatrical and home video releases of an eagerly awaited new restoration of F. W. Murnau's legendary silent cinema horror classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922), expertly restored in Germany by the world-renowned Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-
This revival of a horror classic, one of the most famous of all silent films, follows Eureka! Entertainment's hugely successful restoration showcases of Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927) in 2010 and Carl Theodor Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) in 2012.
Nosferatu's UK theatrical run will be co-ordinated by Eureka! Entertainment and will open in selected cinemas nationwide on Friday October 25, 2013, just in time for Halloween, and will also feature as part of the BFI’s GOTHIC: The Dark Heart of Film which runs from 21st October 2013 – 31st January 2014. This year the BFI will take Britain back to darker times and thrill the nation by uncovering, as never before, the dark heart of film. With over 150 titles and around 1000 screenings GOTHIC features spectacularly terrifying special events to thrill every corner of the UK. GOTHIC will explore film’s most popular theme, spawning some of the medium’s most iconic, powerful and terrifying scenes and characters whose lasting popularity just refuses to die www.bfi.org.uk/gothic .
Blu-ray, Blu-ray SteelBook and DVD releases of Nosferatu will follow with a raft of special features to be announced nearer the release date, as part of Eureka! Entertainment's award-winning The Masters of Cinema Series www.mastersofcinema.org .
Ron Benson, head of Eureka! Entertainment, comments: “Eureka! Entertainment have had the real pleasure of releasing some of the absolute classics of silent cinema, and there are arguably no more iconic than F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu, the grandfather of all vampire films, which continues to thrill, chill, and horrify audiences nearly 100 years after it was made.”
Craig Keller, producer of The Masters of Cinema Series, adds: “This new restoration of Nosferatu has been meticulously prepared and looks truly outstanding. It will allow a new generation to experience afresh one of the greatest of all cinematographic horrors, and a monument of German expressionism, looking better than ever. The film is uncanny, legitimately terrifying – to see it on the big screen in the midst of the Halloween season will make for an unforgettable experience.”
Critical praise for Nosferatu:
"The first and probably the greatest of all vampire films." –Jonathan Rosenbaum
"[F. W. Murnau is] the greatest film director the Germans have ever known." – Lotte Eisner
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