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Shadow of the Vampire

Year:

2001

Duration:

92 min

Genres:

Drama | Horror

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

E. Elias Merhige

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 16 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2001-01-26

Filming Locations: Delux Productions, Contern, Luxembourg

Earnings

Budget: $8,000,000

Opening Weekend: $150,171 (USA) (1 January 2001)

Gross: $8,279,017 (USA) (1 April 2001)

Cast

Actor

Character

Ronan Vibert

John Malkovich

Friedrich Wilhelm 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 (as Nicholas Elliot)

Sophie Langevin

Elke

Myriam Muller

Maria

Milos Hlavac

Innkeeper (as Milos Hlavak)

Marja-Leena Junker

Innkeeper's Wife

Derek Kueter

Reporter 1

Norman Golightly

Reporter 2

Patrick Hastert

Reporter 3

Sascha Ley

Drunken Woman (as Sacha Ley)

Marie-Paule von Roesgen

Old Woman (as Marie Paule Van Roesgen)

Jean-Claude Croes

Murnau's Crew (as Jean Claude Croes)

Christophe Chrompin

Murnau's Crew (as Christophe Crompin)

Graham Johnston

Murnau's Crew

Orian Williams

Murnau's Crew

Ingeborga Dapkunaite

Micheline (uncredited)

Radica Jovicic

Murnau's Crew (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The music played on the phonograph to set the mood for the actors in some of the scenes is the soundtrack of Dracula (1979) written by John Williams.

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Based in part upon a legend that Max Schreck was in reality a vampire which is why he played the role of Orlock/Dracula so well. Some variations of the legend suggest that Nosferatu (1922) was the only film Schreck made, though in reality he was already a stage and screen veteran by the time Nosferatu was shot, and would appear in many non-Vampiric roles before his death in 1936.

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The locomotive that conveys the film crew to Czechoslovakia is named "Charon". In Greek myth, Charon was the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the river Styx.

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Goofs

It was utterly impossible to film at night in 1922, so all night-time scenes were actually filmed in broad daylight. Originally, these scenes were tinted blue in order to differentiate them from those that were supposed to take place by day.

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At the beginning of the movie one of Murnau's assistants calls him one of the greatest moviemakers ever, with D.W. Griffith and Sergei M. Eisenstein. In 1921 Eisenstein had not yet directed any movie (his first movie is from 1923).

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After they film Gustav entering the castle, he is talking in the doorway with Murnau and Grau. Murnau and Grau then walk into the courtyard where Gustav is already waiting for them.

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Quotes

Max Schreck: There was a time... when I... fed from golden chalices. But now... Don't look at me that way!

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F.W. Murnau: Ladies and gentlemen, this is Max Schreck, who will be portraying our vampire, Count Orlock. As you no doubt have heard, Max's methods are somewhat... unconventional, but... I am sure you will come to respect his artistry in this matter.

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Fritz Arno 'Fritzy' Wagner: Is the camera loaded?

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