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Nosferatu the Vampyre (Nosferatu Phantom Der Nacht) (1979)

Directed by Werner Herzog · Cinematography by Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

PG107 min61 frames

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It is fear and fun. It is a scream of horror and a cry of delight. It is Nosferatu, the Vampyre.

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What is Nosferatu the Vampyre (Nosferatu Phantom Der Nacht) about?

A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.

Nosferatu the Vampyre is a 1979 gothic horror film written and directed by Werner Herzog. The film serves as both a remake of the 1922 film Nosferatu and an adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. Herzog’s film is set in 19th-century Wismar, Germany, and Transylvania. The picture stars Klaus Kinski as Count Dracula, Isabelle Adjani as Lucy Harker, Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Harker, and French artist-writer Roland Topor as Renfield. There are two different versions of the film, one in which the actors speak English, and one in which they speak German.

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What does the cinematography of Nosferatu the Vampyre (Nosferatu Phantom Der Nacht) look like?

Across 59 sampled frames, Nosferatu the Vampyre (Nosferatu Phantom Der Nacht) builds its coverage from medium shots (42% of the sample), with wide compositions (29%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein keeps 58% of it in soft, low-key light. 56% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame.

What is the color palette of Nosferatu the Vampyre (Nosferatu Phantom Der Nacht)?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Nosferatu the Vampyre (Nosferatu Phantom Der Nacht) (1979) are #2e2d2b, #d2d1cb, #0b0c10, #51534f, #91928d, #8b7b6b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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