Nosferatu The Vampyre

In the 19th century, Jonathan Harker travels to the Carpathian Mountains to sell a house to Count Dracula, braving the warnings of the villagers.

Stunning images from Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein and superb silent-movie style performances from Kinski, Adjani and Ganz distinguish Herzog’s richly resonant vampire movie, a remake of Murnau’s 1922 Nosferatu, which attempts to connect with – and pay tribute to – the greatest era of German cinema. It differs from Murnau’s earlier version of Stoker’s story in stressing the melancholy consequences of the Count’s immortality: his desire is also a death wish.