Nosferatu
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A week before the successful opening of Tabu, Murnau died in a California hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Of the 21 films Murnau directed, eight are now considered to be completely lost. One reel of his feature Marizza, genannt die Schmuggler-Madonna survives. This leaves only 12 films surviving in their entirety.
Mar 28, 2024 · December 28, 1889, Bielefeld, Germany. Died: March 11, 1931, Hollywood, California, U.S. (aged 41) Notable Works: “Nosferatu” “Sunrise” “Tabu” “The Last Laugh”
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A week prior to the opening of the film Tabu, Murnau died in a Santa Barbara hospital from injuries he had received in an automobile accident that occurred along the Pacific Coast Highway near Rincon Beach, southeast of Santa Barbara. Only 11 people attended his funeral.
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Jan 4, 2001 · Murnau was a closet homosexual, but his “secret” came out with his death in a car accident at age 42. Kenneth Anger wrote in his book “Hollywood Babylon”: “Murnau’s death in 1931 ...
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SANTA BARBARA, Cal., March 11.--F.W. Murnau, German and American moving picture director, died this morning in a local hospital from injuries received in an automobile accident yesterday...
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F. W. Murnau. Next to Fritz Lang and G. W. Pabst, motion picture director F. W. Murnau (1888-1931) was one of just three directors responsible for revolutionizing German silent cinema during the 1920s. Born Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe, F. W. Murnau was the son of Heinrich Plumpe, a textile manufacturer, and Plumpe's second wife, Otilie.
A week prior to the opening of the film Tabu, Murnau died in a Santa Barbara hospital from injuries he had received in an automobile accident that occurred along the Pacific Coast Highway near Rincon Beach, southeast of Santa Barbara. Only 11 people attended his funeral.
