Nosferatu the Vampyre
Dir: Werner Herzog
West Germany, 1979, 107minmins, DCP
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz
A tribute to F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (P.18), Herzog’s 1979 version pays tribute to the striking art direction of German Expressionist cinema with a new kind of romanticism fusing a sense of horror, awe and poetic beauty. Beyond fearfulness, Klaus Kinski’s Count Dracula is a deathly and pathetic entity, trapped in endless loneliness yet desperately seeking love. It is Lucy, a “woman of pure heart” who in her personal sacrifice delivers him from the horror of his torturous inability to grow old and die. Yet, the evil of a vampire plague continues to rage across the land, in cinema at least…
1979 Berlin International Film Festival, Silver Bear Award for Achievement in Production Design
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
Chinese Subtitles
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