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7:00 PM

Nosferatu

Film screening|German films at the NZ Film Societies

Nosferatu ©Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung

Director: F. W. Murnau
Screenplay: Henrik Galeen
Year: 1921

Synopsis:
A business trip takes the unsuspecting agent Hutter from the town of Wisborg to Transylvania, where he finalises a property purchase with the eerie Count Orlok. The next morning, Hutter wakes with small bite marks on his neck and realises that Orlok is a vampire. He is powerless to stop the Count from travelling to Wisborg, bringing plague and death to the town. Meanwhile, Hutter’s wife Ellen senses the looming danger and believes there is only one way to save the city…