Directed by:
E. Elias MerhigeScreenplay:
Steven KatzCinematography:
Lou BogueComposer:
Dan JonesCast:
John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier, Aden Gillett, Cary Elwes, Catherine McCormack, Eddie Izzard, Ronan Vibert, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Patrick Hastert (more)Plots(1)
In his quest to create a vampire film to die for, F.W. Murnau hires the mysterious Max Schreck to play Count Orlock in his masterpiece Nosferatu. Murnau introduces Schreck as the "ultimate method actor" - one who will appear only in character, in make up, at night. But as the cast and crew begin to disappear, it appears that Murnau has made a devil's bargain with Schreck, whose dead-on performance is, perhaps, too authentic. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
John Malkovich
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (1992)
L'Echange (2008)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Willem Dafoe
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Udo Kier
German Empire
Best movies:
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Aden Gillett
Yemen
Best movies:
The 10th Kingdom (2000) (series)
Pollyanna (2003) (TV movie)
The Foreigner (2017)
Cary Elwes
UK
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Hot Shots! (1991)
Saw (2004)
Catherine McCormack
UK
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Promise at Dawn (2017)
Eddie Izzard
Yemen
Best movies:
Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1999) (theatrical recording)
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (2016) (series)
Eddie Izzard: Glorious (1997) (theatrical recording)
Ronan Vibert
UK
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Hatfields & McCoys (2012) (series)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
Prime Suspect 6 (2003) (TV movie)
Wallander (2008) (series)
Patrick Hastert
Best movies:
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Twin Sisters (2002)
Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden (2011)
Sascha Ley
West Germany
Best movies:
Hannah Arendt (2012)
House of Boys (2009)
Women (1997)
Radica Jovicic
Austria
Best movies:
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Renaissance (2006)
Myriam Muller
Luxembourg
Best movies:
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
The Murder of Princess Diana (2007) (TV movie)
Don't Look Back (2009)
Derek Kueter
Best movies:
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
The Lost Battalion (2001) (TV movie)
8½ Women (1999)
Orian Williams
Best movies:
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
My Father Die (2016)
Marie-Paule von Roesgen
Best movies:
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Nuits d'Arabie (2007)
Amour Fou (2014)