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Jan 26, 2001 · Shadow of the Vampire: Directed by E. Elias Merhige. With John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier, Cary Elwes. The filming of Nosferatu (1922) is hampered by the fact that its star Max Schreck is taking the role of a vampire far more seriously than seems humanly possible.
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- Drama, Horror
- E. Elias Merhige
- 2001-01-26
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Friedrich Gustav Maximilian Schreck (6 September 1879 – 20 February 1936), known professionally as Max Schreck, was a German actor, best known for his lead role as the vampire Count Orlok in the film Nosferatu (1922).
Murnau keeps his team in the dark about their schedule and the actor playing the vampire Count Orlok. It is left to the film's other main actor, Gustav von Wangenheim, to explain that the lead is an obscure German theater performer named Max Schreck, who is a character actor.
Max Schreck is the main antagonist of the 2000 metafiction horror film Shadow of the Vampire. He is a fictional incarnation of the actor of the same name, mostly known for his role as Count Orlok in Nosferatu.
Max Schreck : Dracula hasn't had servants in 400 years and then a man comes to his ancestral home, and he must convince him that he... that he is like the man. He has to feed him, when he himself hasn't eaten food in centuries.
Max Schreck is the main antagonist of the 2000 metafiction horror film Shadow of the Vampire. He is a fictional incarnation of the actor of the same name, mostly known for his role as Count Orlok in Nosferatu.
Max Schreck, the mysterious actor who played Court Orlock the vampire, is so persuasive we never think of the actor, only of the creature. "Shadow of the Vampire," a wicked new movie about the making of "Nosferatu," has an explanation for Schreck's performance: He really was a vampire.
