Top Billed Cast

John Malkovich
F. W. Murnau
Willem Dafoe
Max Schreck
Udo Kier
Albin Grau
Cary Elwes
Fritz Arno Wagner
Catherine McCormack
Greta Schröder
Eddie Izzard
Gustav von Wangenhein
Aden Gillett
Henrik Galeen
Nicholas Elliott
Paul
Ronan Vibert
Wolfgang Müller
Sophie Langevin
Elke
Myriam Muller
Maria
Miloš Hlaváč
Innkeeper
Marja-Leena Junker
Innkeeper's Wife
Derek Kueter
Reporter 1
Norman Golightly
Reporter 2
Patrick Hastert
Reporter 3
Sascha Ley
Drunken Woman
Marie-Paule von Roesgen
Old Woman
Jean-Claude Croes
Murnau’s Crew
Christophe Chrompin
Murnau’s Crew
Graham Johnston
Murnau’s Crew
Orian Williams
Murnau's Crew
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Micheline (uncredited)
Radica Jovicic
Murnau's Crew (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Mon Oct 12 2015

Did I kill one of your people, Murnau? I can't remember. F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) is filming Nosferatu (1922), but isn't reclusive star Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe) taking his role of the vampire way too seriously? In some ways it's a curate's egg of a film. It certainly helps if you are a lover of old classic film and have some knowledge of the source material at the film's core. It's a fabulous concept that the screenplay is based around, that the star of the film may actually be a real vampire, and the whole production is executed with consummate skill (Dafoe was deservedly Oscar nom...