Drama · Horror
German (Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht)
1979 · Directed by Werner Herzog · 107 min
A young estate agent travels from the Baltic port of Wismar to a remote Carpathian castle to close a property deal with a reclusive nobleman. Werner Herzog retells the vampire story as a slow, painterly and melancholy fable rather than a conventional shocker.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining film of New German Cinema's dialogue with its own pre-Nazi past, and one of the few remakes widely held to stand beside its source.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a conversation with Murnau's 1922 film: Herzog borrows its images and shapes, then changes their mood.
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