Nosferatu movie storyline. Nosferatu is a visceral adaptation of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent film masterpiece that brings the horrific vampire of Eastern European folklore back to the screen. This gothic tale tells an obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
Set in the 1800s, this gothic tale of obsession, love, seduction, and fear follows a young man named Thomas Hutter who is sent by his employer to the castle of Count Orlok (a.k.a. “Dracula”). He is there to assist with the paperwork for Orlok’s purchase of a new house, which happens to be right next to Hutter’s own home.
While staying there, he begins to suspect that Orlok might be a vampire, based on the reaction of the townspeople when he mentioned Orlok’s name, as well as some other blood-related incidents. Before he is able to flee, Count Orlok sees a photograph of Hutter’s wife, Ellen, and remarks upon her beauty, specifically the beauty of her neckline. After reading a book about vampires, Ellen learns that the only way to defeat him is to have a “pure-hearted” woman willingly offer her blood to him.
Nosferatu is an American gothic horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers, and starring Bill Skarsgård as the titular vampire. Following Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), it is the second remake of the 1922 German Expressionist film of the same name written by Henrik Galeen and directed by F. W. Murnau, which in turn is an “unauthorized and unofficial” adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula.
As a remake of a film that’s been around for just over a century, the plot is no mystery. As the original was directly inspired by Stoker’s novel, the creators made slight changes to names and locations in an attempt to avoid copyright infringement and appeal to a German audience. In spite of the alterations to the character names and setting, Stoker’s heirs fought against the unauthorized use of the Dracula story and a court ruling ordered all existing copies of the film to be destroyed. Several copies of the film survived, and have since been digitalized, cementing the movie as one of the most influential cinematic masterpieces and the defining horror movie of its time.
Principal photography began in the Czech Republic on February 20, 2023. Some exterior shots were also captured in Romania. Among the noteworthy filming locations was the 14th-century Rožmitál Castle in Rožmitál pod Tremšínem and Prague’s Invalidovna complex, a Baroque building registered as a national landmark. Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke revealed that the film was shot in color and was reminiscent of 19th-century Romanticism. Filming wrapped on May 19, 2024.
h4>Nosferatu (2024)
Directed by: Robert Eggers
Starring: Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Willem Dafoe, Simon McBurney, Ralph Ineson, Stacy Thunes, Paul A Maynard
Screenplay by: Robert Eggers
Production Design by: Craig Lathrop
Cinematography by:Jarin Blaschke
Film Editing by: Louise Ford
Costume Design by: Linda Muir
Set Decoration by: Beatrice Brentnerova
Art Direction by: Robert Cowper, Paul Ghirardani, Ondrej Lipensky, Magdalena Novakova, Hauke Richter
Music by: Robin Carolan
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Focus Features (United States), Universal Pictures (International)
Release Date: December 25, 2024
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