at Regal Cinema, Mumbai
Director: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | Music: Hans Erdmann | 95 mins | DCP
A business journey takes the unsuspecting realtor Hutter from the port city of Wisborg to Transylvania. There he enters into a sales contract with the sinister Count Orlok for a property in his hometown. The next morning, Hutter wakes up with small bite wounds on his neck and realises that Orlok is a vampire. But is unable to prevent the Count from traveling to Wisborg and bringing plague and death to the small town. Hutter's wife Ellen has sensed the impending tragedy and sees only one way to save the town.
This silent film is from the holdings of the
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung in Wiesbaden.
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