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Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.

Nosferatu the Vampyre
Nosferatu the Vampyre
PG
Drama
Horror
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Release Date
January 17, 1979
Director
Werner Herzog
Cast
Klaus Kinski , Isabelle Adjani , Bruno Ganz , Roland Topor , Walter Ladengast
Runtime
107 Minutes
Main Genre
Drama
Writers
Werner Herzog , Tom Shachtman , Martje Grohmann
Studio(s)
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion , Gaumon , tZweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Distributor(s)
Twentieth Century Fox

Summary

Jonathan Harker is sent away to Count Dracula's castle to sell him a house in Wismar where Jonathan lives. But Count Dracula is a vampire, an undead ghoul living off of men's blood. Inspired by a photograph of Lucy Harker, Jonathan's wife, Dracula moves to Wismar, bringing with him death and plague... An unusually contemplative version of Dracula, in which the vampire bears the curse of not being able to get old and die.