SHADOW OF A VAMPIRE

Movie Title: SHADOW OF A VAMPIRE

Presented by: Film i Malmö

October 7, 2025

Tuesday, 19:30

Director: E. Elias Merhige

Year: 2000

Runtime: 92 minutes

Subtitles: English

F. W. Murnau (John Malkovich) is struggling to create his silent classic “Nosferatu” on location in Eastern Europe. The director is obsessed with making this the most authentic vampire movie ever. To that end, Murnau has employed a real vampire, Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe), explaining to the crew that he is the ultimate of that new breed, the “method actor” — trained by Stanislavsky himself. Schreck will appear only in character and only at night.

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A Symphony of Horror

Since it premiered in Berlin in March 1922, Murnau’s NOSFERATU – A SYMPHONY OF HORROR remains the most influential vampire film of all time. It may as well be the most iconic horror film ever made, one that continues to capture the imagination to this day. No wonder, it has fascinated countless filmmakers (Herzog, Coppola, Eggers, etc ) who have all offered their own intepretation of the familiar story.

This October we will trace the steps of the most renowned bloodsucker throughout his 100-year existence in film history

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