Ultimate Film Guides: Nosferatu

by Roy Ashbury

Published 6 September 2001
Do you know what lurks in the shadows when you turn the lights off? With any luck it's just your own reflection and not Nosferatu. Enjoyed the film? Want to know more? Go behind the scenes with the ultimate film guides and get the bigger picture. Discover how Murnau saw himself as an artist and how he uses art work and specific paintings to influence the look of a scene and how set design adds a visual intensity. Consider the film in the context of history and circumstance and how the experience of war and defeat is reflected in the film. Why did Murnau recruit an inexperienced girl for the role of Ruth and what features and techniques have become recognised as stylistic traits of Murnau's films? If you want to understand the bigger picture, get into the ultimate film guides