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Shadow of the Vampire
Shadow of the Vampire
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2000
1h 35m
6.7(674 votes)
Drama
Horror

Overview

Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."

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Production Companies

BBC Film
Saturn Films
Film Fund Luxembourg

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

24 members
Acting

John Malkovich

F. W. Murnau

John Malkovich
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Willem Dafoe

Max Schreck

Willem Dafoe
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Udo Kier

Albin Grau

Udo Kier
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Cary Elwes

Fritz Arno Wagner

Cary Elwes
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Catherine McCormack

Greta Schröder

Catherine McCormack
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Eddie Izzard

Gustav von Wangenhein

Eddie Izzard
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Aden Gillett

Henrik Galeen

Aden Gillett
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Nicholas Elliott

Paul

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Ronan Vibert

Wolfgang Müller

Ronan Vibert
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Sophie Langevin

Elke

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Myriam Muller

Maria

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Miloš Hlaváč

Innkeeper

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Marja-Leena Junker

Innkeeper's Wife

Marja-Leena Junker
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Derek Kueter

Reporter 1

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Production

Norman Golightly

Reporter 2

Norman Golightly
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Patrick Hastert

Reporter 3

Patrick Hastert
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Sascha Ley

Drunken Woman

Sascha Ley
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Marie-Paule von Roesgen

Old Woman

Marie-Paule von Roesgen
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Jean-Claude Croes

Murnau’s Crew

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Christophe Chrompin

Murnau’s Crew

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Crew

Graham Johnston

Murnau’s Crew

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Orian Williams

Murnau's Crew

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Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė

Micheline (uncredited)

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Production

Radica Jovicic

Murnau's Crew (uncredited)

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