Directed by:
E. Elias MerhigeScreenplay:
Steven KatzCinematography:
Lou BogueComposer:
Dan JonesCast:
John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier, Aden Gillett, Cary Elwes, Catherine McCormack, Eddie Izzard, Ronan Vibert, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Patrick Hastert (more)Plots(1)
In his quest to create a vampire film to die for, F.W. Murnau hires the mysterious Max Schreck to play Count Orlock in his masterpiece Nosferatu. Murnau introduces Schreck as the "ultimate method actor" - one who will appear only in character, in make up, at night. But as the cast and crew begin to disappear, it appears that Murnau has made a devil's bargain with Schreck, whose dead-on performance is, perhaps, too authentic. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![John Malkovich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/542/164542331_1727d2.jpg)
John Malkovich
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (1992)
Changeling (2008)
The Killing Fields (1984)
![Willem Dafoe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/748/163748110_fd1416.jpg)
Willem Dafoe
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
Finding Nemo (2003)
![Udo Kier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269466_9b30ec.jpg)
Udo Kier
German Empire
Best movies:
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
![Aden Gillett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/394/161394630_9a6f93.jpg)
Aden Gillett
Yemen
Best movies:
The 10th Kingdom (2000) (series)
Pollyanna (2003) (TV movie)
The Foreigner (2017)
![Cary Elwes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/038/166038431_ae6c4e.jpg)
Cary Elwes
UK
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Hot Shots! (1991)
Saw (2004)
![Catherine McCormack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271465_0aefb1.jpg)
Catherine McCormack
UK
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
The Honest Courtesan (1998)
Promise at Dawn (2017)
![Eddie Izzard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/325/159325861_754f41.jpg)
Eddie Izzard
Yemen
Best movies:
Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1999) (theatrical recording)
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (2016) (series)
Eddie Izzard: Glorious (1997) (theatrical recording)
![Ronan Vibert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/874/160874686_0078a7.jpg)
Ronan Vibert
UK
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Hatfields & McCoys (2012) (series)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
![Ingeborga Dapkunaite](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280385_4b606b.jpg)
Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
Prime Suspect 6 (2003) (TV movie)
Wallander (2008) (series)
![Patrick Hastert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/115/161115358_c69168.png)
Patrick Hastert
Best movies:
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Twin Sisters (2002)
Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden (2011)
![Sascha Ley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/829/160829625_f611e5.png)
Sascha Ley
West Germany
Best movies:
Hannah Arendt (2012)
House of Boys (2009)
Women (1997)
Radica Jovicic
Austria
Best movies:
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Renaissance (2006)
Myriam Muller
Luxembourg
Best movies:
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Diana: The Final Journey (2007) (TV movie)
Don't Look Back (2009)
Derek Kueter
Best movies:
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
The Lost Battalion (2001) (TV movie)
8½ Women (1999)
Orian Williams
Best movies:
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
My Father Die (2016)
Marie-Paule von Roesgen
Best movies:
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Nuits d'Arabie (2007)
Amour Fou (2014)