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Max Schreck. Friedrich Gustav Maximilian Schreck[1] (6 September 1879 – 20 February 1936), [2][3][4] 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).
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (German: Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens) is a 1922 silent German Expressionist vampire film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife (Greta Schröder) of his estate agent (Gustav von Wangenheim) and brings the plague to their town.
Max Schreck was a German actor who played the iconic vampire Graf Orlok in Nosferatu (1922). He also appeared in other films and stage plays, and was known for his make-up and costume skills.
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- THIS WASN’T THE FIRST FILM TO BE BASED ON BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA. Stoker’s famous novel earned him some welcome praise, but very little cash. A gothic thriller, Dracula first hit the shelves in 1897.
- IT BRAZENLY RIPPED OFF THE NOVEL. In 1921, German artist and architect Albin Grau joined forces with Enrico Dieckmann to establish a new movie company called Prana-Film.
- THE LOOK OF THE MOVIE WAS INSPIRED BY ARTIST HUGO STEINER-PRAG. To direct Nosferatu, Prana-Film tapped F.W. Murnau, a filmmaker renowned for his expressionistic style.
- THE VAMPIRE WAS PLAYED BY A MAN WITH AN APPROPRIATELY SPOOKY NAME. Little is known about Max Schreck’s life and film career, a fact to which his biographer, Stefan Eickhoff, can attest.
Jan 11, 2022 · The actor playing Graf Orlok, one Max Schreck, has been the subject of rumors over the years. The most common one is that he was, in fact, a vampire himself, a concept that was turned into the full-length horror film Shadow Of The Vampire , starring Willem Dafoe as the undead Schreck.
But the creation of the iconic Orlok, played by Max Schreck, is its supreme achievement. He is, says Cristina Massaccesi, in her guide to Nosferatu for the Devil's Advocates horror history...
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Sep 28, 1997 · Max Schreck, who plays the vampire, avoids most of the theatrical touches that would distract from all the later performances, from Bela Lugosi to Christopher Lee to Frank Langella to Gary Oldman. The vampire should come across not like a flamboyant actor but like a man suffering from a dread curse.
