Shadow of the Vampire

Shadow of the Vampire

Produced by Nicholas Cage's Saturn Films, filmed in Luxembourg, and released in in France May 15, 2000, at the Cannes Film Festival, in the U. S. Dec. 29, 2000, by Lions Gate Films Inc., 35mm widescreen 2.5:1 screen ratio, DeLuxe color, Dolby Digital sound, 91 mins.

Production:

Directed by E. Elias Merhige
Written by Steven Katz
Produced by Jeff Levine , Nicolas Cage
Original music by Dan Jones
Cinematography by Lou Bogue
Film Editing by Chris Wyatt
Sound by Nigel Heath, Carlo Thoss

Cast:

John Malkovich as F.W. Murnau
Willem Dafoe as Max Schreck
Udo Kier as Albin Grau
Cary Elwes as Fritz Wagner
Catherine McCormack as Greta Schroeder
Eddie Izzard as Gustav von Wangenheim
Aden Gillett as Henrick Galeen

Links:

Credits from the IMDB for the title Shadow of the Vampire
Official web site from Lion's Gate/Saturn Films
Nosferatu original silent film of 1922 online, from Discovery.com
Web of Murnau fromJakre John
Silent Era from Carl Bennett.
The Silents Majority from Spike Lewis and Diane MacIntyre
Silent Movies from Glenn Pringle

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