Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror

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1. "Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens" was made in late 1921 and released in 1922. Bram Stoker's widow refused to allow the "Dracula" title to be used for this film. For that reason, a few names changed, but the story remained the same. Why did she refuse? Being Irish, she was opposed to anything German following World War I. She never did refuse. The screenwriter changed it enough to avoid copyright infringement. The screen adaptation was not true to her husband's novel. Stoker's estate was neither paid nor been given permission to use the novel

2. Mentioned earlier, the name "Dracula" was not used, rather "Graf Orlok" was our undead Count. ("Graf" is German for "Count.") And what a monster he was! His fangs were close together, like a rat's; his ears pointed like those of a vampire bat; and his fingers had long nails like a vulture's talons! Who portrayed this first "Dracula"? Max Schreck Conrad Veidt Werner Kraus Bela Lugosi

3. F.W. Murnau, the director of "Nosferatu", was a brilliant film director who also made "Faust" (1926), "Phantom" (1922), "Sunrise" (1927), and many others for a total of 22 films. Murnau's success was such that he was offered, and accepted, a contract with a film studio in California. Which one was it? Metro Goldwyn Mayer Fox David Selznick Productions Paramount

4. Graf Orlok, the vampire, had his castle high in the Carpathian mountains. The castle used to make the exterior shots was the Orava Castle, for which construction was begun sometime around the middle of the 13th Century. (True/False) The Orava castle is actually located in Romania, although not in the Transylvania region. True False

5. The tale begins: Count Orlok had written a letter to Knock, the realtor, to purchase a house in Bremen, Germany. Knock had a reputation for paying his workers well, but asking a lot of his employees. One employee, Hutter, was asked to travel to see Count Orlok to make the deal. The letter that the Count sent had something special about it. What was that? It was completely blank, at least to Hutter. It was written in symbols of the occult. It had been signed in blood. It had been delivered by a bat.

6. After Hutter arrives at Orlok's castle, he is greeted by the Count. While Hutter is a guest at the castle, the vampire approaches him. At the same time, Hutter's wife begins sleepwalking and then screams. Orlok seems to hear her and he then retreats. Of course Orlok and Hutter's wife are hundreds of miles apart at the time. Murnau, the director, cuts back and forth between these sequences in order to give the impression of simultaneity. (True/False) This film technique is the "montage." True False

7. Locked in Orlok's castle, Hutter witnesses Count Orlok loading six coffins laden with earth onto a carriage. Orlok climbs into the sixth coffin and then he and his unholy cargo take off to Bremen. Hutter escapes, hurts himself in the fall, but is found by local farmers and is brought to safety. He then returns to Bremen. The Count, with his cargo, is loaded onto the ship Empusa. During the voyage, the five crew members each get sick and die. After the last is buried at sea, the first mate goes below deck with an axe and begins to open a coffin. What does he see upon opening the first coffin? Nothing - it was empty Earth Rats Count Orlok

8. The boat containing the Count and his cargo arrives in the Bremen port. When the officials greeted the boat in the morning, what did they find? Only the captain and his first mate There was nothing out of the ordinary A deserted, empty ship Only the captain, and he was dead

9. Remember Knock, the realtor? He goes completely "stark, raving mad" and is in an institution the next time we see him. When he knows Orlok, his master, has arrived to Bremen, he overpowers a guard and escapes. Why is he being chased? He is infected with the plague He is the town scapegoat The townspeople know he can find Orlok For killing the guard

10. Ellen, Hutter's wife, is ultimately attacked by Orlok in the final scenes. (True/False) The vampire had her spellbound and she was unable to resist, thus succumbing to his magic. True False