An iconic film of German expressionist cinema, and one of the most famous of all silent movies, F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie des Grauens continues to haunt — and, indeed, terrify — modern audiences with the unshakable power of its images. By teasing a host of occult atmospherics out of dilapidated set-pieces and innocuous real-world locations, Murnau captured on celluloid the deeply-rooted elements of a waking nightmare.

In this first-ever screen adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, a simple real-estate transaction leads an intrepid businessman deep into the superstitious heart of Transylvania. There he encounters the otherworldly Count Orlok who soon after embarks upon a cross-continental voyage to take up residence in a distant new land… and establish his ambiguous dominion. As to whether the count’s campaign against the plague-wracked populace erupts from satanic decree, erotic compulsion, or the simple impulse of survival — that remains, perhaps, the greatest mystery of all.

Murnau’s surreal 1922 cine-fable remains the original and landmark entry in the entire global tradition of “the horror film”.

Dir. F.W. Murnau | Germany | 1922 | cert PG | 1h 35m
With: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim

The Hippodrome is proud to present the definitive restoration, complete with original intertitles and live accompaniment by Hugo Max on viola and piano. 

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