The Nosferatu Story : The Seminal Horror Film, Its Predecessors and Its Enduring Legacy
The Nosferatu Story : The Seminal Horror Film, Its Predecessors and Its Enduring Legacy
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Author(s): Giesen, Rolf
ISBN No.: 9781476672984
Pages: 231
Year: 201903
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 41.33
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Status: Available

Table of Contents Introduction: 100 Years After World War I 1 It Came from Max Reinhardt 5 Paul Wegener and Hanns Heinz Ewers: The Godfathers of German Film Fantasy 7 Conrad Veidt and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 21 Dr. Jekyll, Murnau and Dracula 31 Dracula in Germany: Henrik Galeen and the Screenplay for Nosferatu 35 The Storyline 41 Casting a Man Named "Shock" 62 Shooting Nosferatu in Kafka's Castle 71 Premiere and Contemporary Reviews 76 Frater Pacitius, Aleister Crowley's Berlin Disciple 80 Great Plans and Nightly Hallucinations: The ­Ill-­Fated Prana Film Company 83 Fritz Lang Hits It Big--And Murnau Carries On 89 The Vampire Jew and the Curse of ­Anti-­Semitism 103 How the Golem Came Into the World and Fought the Nazis 111 The Revival of Nosferatu 113 Christopher Lee vs. Klaus Kinski 119 Shadow of the Vampire: The Legacy 131 Appendix: Bios of the Crew and Cast of Nosferatu 137 The Nosferatu Filmography 155 Filmography II: The Silent Era of German Expressionist, Fantasy and Alchemical Films 169 Chapter Notes 211 Bibliography 215 Index 217.


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