- ホーム
- > 洋書
- > 英文書
- > Cinema / Film
Full Description
Director F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, made in 1921, right after the devastating Spanish Flu pandemic, has become the ultimate cult classic among horror film buffs around the world. For years there was much speculation about the production background, the filmmakers, and their star, the German actor Max Schreck. This book tells the complete story drawing on rare sources. This book tells the complete story, drawing on rare sources. The trail leads to a group of occultists with a plan to establish a leading film company that would produce a momentous series of horror movies. Along the way, the author touches upon other classic German fantasy silents, such as The Golem, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Metropolis.
Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction: 100 Years After World War I
It Came from Max Reinhardt
Paul Wegener and Hanns Heinz Ewers: The Godfathers of German Film Fantasy
Conrad Veidt and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Dr. Jekyll, Murnau and Dracula
Dracula in Germany: Henrik Galeen and the Screenplay for Nosferatu
The Storyline
Casting a Man Named "Shock"
Shooting Nosferatu in Kafka's Castle
Premiere and Contemporary Reviews
Frater Pacitius, Aleister Crowley's Berlin Disciple
Great Plans and Nightly Hallucinations: The Ill-Fated Prana Film Company
Fritz Lang Hits It Big—And Murnau Carries On
The Vampire Jew and the Curse of Anti-Semitism
How the Golem Came Into the World and Fought the Nazis
The Revival of Nosferatu
Christopher Lee vs. Klaus Kinski
Shadow of the Vampire: The Legacy
Appendix: Bios of the Crew and Cast of Nosferatu
The Nosferatu Filmography
Filmography II: The Silent Era of German Expressionist, Fantasy and Alchemical Films
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
