Max Schreck
Also Known As: Maximilian Schreck, Friedrich Gustav Maximilian Schreck
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Friedrich Gustav Max Schreck (September 6, 1879 – February 20, 1936) was a German actor. He is most often remembered today for his lead role in the film Nosferatu (1922). Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Schreck, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
Adult: No
Birthday: September 06, 1879
Age: 145 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 20, 1936
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Nosferatu
Overview: The mysterious Count Orlok summons Thomas Hutter to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen. After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok's servant, Knock, prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-02-16
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Der Tunnel
Overview: The engineer MacAllan designs a tunnel, which will join America and Europe together on the seabed. A group of American billionaires are financing the gigantic project, but the construction of the tunnel is proving to be as tedious as it is dangerous. MacAllan's worst enemy is the speculator Woolf, who had embezzled the money for the construction and who is attempting to cover up his crime by carrying out acts of sabotage. Also filmed in 1933 in a French-language version, LE TUNNEL, and remade in 1935 in England as TRANSATLATIC TUNNEL.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1933-10-26
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Speedball Nosferatu
Overview: One hundred years later, Count Orlok returns from the dead.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Thriller Mystery
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 2022-12-31
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The Steel Animal
Overview: Klaassen receives a phone call, and he is happy with his transfer to head the railway line's controlling team. He accepts well his change of job, but when he meets his co-workers, uncultured and rough people, he starts having second thoughts. However, he takes it easy, recognizes that they're highly trained works, and teaches them a number of (flashback) stories of pioneers of the present steam train: the early invention by Denis Papin (1679); the three legendary land-surveyors of Caton Hill; the 1769 experiment by Nicolas-Joseph De Cugnot; the 1813 machine test of William Hedley; the 1829 developments by Robert Stephenson; and finally the grand opening of the first German steam railway line of Nürnberg-Fürth - stories in which man's will to conquer the machine was sometimes met with disaster.
Genres: Comedy Documentary Drama History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1935-01-09
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Nosferatu: The First Vampire
Overview: The horror classic, Nosferatu, remastered with a soundtrack by Type-O Negative and hosted by David Carradine.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-15
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The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop
Overview: The Mysteries of a Hairdresser’s Shop describes the absurd goings-on of a by no means ordinary hair salon, where men with great beards wait in vain for a shave while the barber takes a nap.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-12-31
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The Vampire
Overview: After a look at some strange creatures, the narrator and camera take us to the Chaco forest, on the borders of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil, where a vampire bat lives, desmodus rotondus, attacking wildlife and domesticated creatures, killing small ones by draining all their blood and killing large ones by leaving a parasite in their bloodstream. Four inches long, with a 12-inch wingspread, we see it walk, approach a victim, pull out a patch of fur large enough for it to engage its teeth, then lap six or seven ounces of blood. Its saliva may be an anesthetic keeping its victims from waking. A stub nose and harelip contribute to its efficiency and its hideous look.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-12-31
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Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode
Overview: This exhaustive documentary attempts to tell the history of Bram Stoker's influential novel Dracula, explaining both the historical antecedents to the story, as well as offering look at Stoker's life in order to help illuminate this enduring horror tale, and exposing some of the myths surrounding vampires that have long been accepted as fact.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-04
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Dracula: Fact or Fiction?
Overview: Of all the creatures conjured up from the shadows of the human mind, none exerts such a terrifying grip on our imaginations as the immortal night-stalker, Dracula. But did this fiend actually exist? Are there such things as living vampires? Now, in this startling expose of the vampire legend, you'll meet the scholar who traveled Transylvania's eerie landscapes to unearth the real-life Count Dracula: the ghoulish 15th-century Romanian prince known and feared as "Vlad the Impaler."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-27
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Overview: A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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The Many Faces of Dracula
Overview: Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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At the Edge of the World
Overview: A mill situated on the border between two unnamed countries and the residents therein become pawns in a future war.
Genres: War Romance Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1927-09-18
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Nathan der Weise
Overview: Silent movie adaptation of Lessing's play. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, it describes how the wise Jewish merchant Nathan, the enlightened sultan Saladin and the (initially anonymous) Templar bridge their gaps between Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-12-28
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The Horror of It All
Overview: A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-23
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ScreenPlaza presents: Nosferatu
Overview: ScreenPlaza shares a new look in terror - The century old, terrifying horror film is redefined by an all-new soundtrack. Mixing modern and classical composition, this is a radical contemporary take on an old epic that should not go unnoticed.
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Original Language: en
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Dracula Unearthed
Overview: Commemorates 100 years since the release of the German classic, Nosferatu, by FW Murnau, and explores the general fascination of Count Dracula, a figure who resonates with audiences across the literary, art, mythological and historical worlds.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-31
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Die letzten vier von Santa Cruz
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1936-03-11
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The Bartered Bride
Overview: Bohemia in the 19th century, stage-coach driver Hans, loves the mayor's daughter Marie, but she is promised Wenzel, the son of another wealthy farmer. Marie refuses to marry Wenzel because of Hans, but the marriage arranger tries to "buy" Marie from Hans. But when Wenzel tells Hans, that he doesn't want to marry Marie, either, because he loves circus director Brummel's daughter, Hans decides to accept the offer of money for not interferring in the relations of Hans and Marie. But when Marie hears about this, she doesn't want to see Hans again.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-08-18
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Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk
Overview: A reimagining /regurgitation and re-dubbing of a classic silent horror flick! Shot in mind-shattering 2D (& 36DD), featuring T&A and epic voice-over ‘voom’, by Ms. Ilham Otaku & Pepe Chingadero! Original 1922 star Max Schreck plays (in newly tinted archive footage, mixed, with new) Count Orlock, a deviant, adulterous, shape-shifting Transylvanian vampire aristocrat & super creep, who is tearing Bremen, a new corn-hole & it's up to a 'brotha-in-a-collar' and a creole nun with a flamin' gun, to stop him, in this 'creature-feature' fang-fest! Co-Starring Canadian Scream Queen: Vivita, with new footage shot in tantalizing Watt-a-Rama & dubbed in Tex-O-Phonic Super-Sound
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Horror Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-09
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The Night of Temptation
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-08-08
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The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
Overview: Paul Wegener gives one of his most active performances here as Captain Ramper, a heroic aviator who makes a pioneering flight across the Arctic accompanied only by Ippling, his faithful mechanic (Kurt Gerron). Near the North Pole, their plane develops engine failure and crashes in the desolate wastes. Ippling dies straight off but Ramper finds a supply base containing food which has been left behind by a previous expedition. After fifteen years in the Arctic wastes, Ramper has considerably mutated.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1928-01-11
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Lady Juan
Overview: A Spanish nobleman raises his only daughter as a boy, similarly to Greta Garbo in Queen Christina (1933). In adulthood, Juana's upbringing causes complications in her love life. Possibly an early example of genderqueer representation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1928-01-24
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Death Of The Rat
Overview: After 95 years of comfortable living, Mickey finds his world turned upside down and must face his deepest fears. Will he emerge on the other side or lose himself trying?
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-06
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Boo
Overview: A wisecracking narrator mocks footage featuring Frankenstein's monster and Count Dracula.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-01
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The Twelfth Hour
Overview: A version of Nosferatu to which sound was added. Some scenes were left out and new ones were added including a different ending. Additionally all the characters names were changed.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1930-05-16
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The Tomb of Nosferatu
Overview: Nearly a century ago, two filmmakers traveled to Germany to shoot an homage to the 1922 film, Nosferatu, and visit the graves of those who made the silent horror masterpiece. In doing so, they unleashed a dark shadow from cinema's past.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-24
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A Man With a Heart
Overview: A story about a series of confusions, in which Paul Ritter, a bank employee, is unaware that the girl he's fallen in love with is the daughter of his boss. No one bothers to tell him and he gets jealous of the boss, who seems to have a very good relationship with the girl.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-11-26
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Ludwig II, King of Bavaria
Overview: In the last years of his life, Bavarian king Ludwig II (1845 – 1886) devotes himself to ambitious architectural projects, which strain the state coffers to the extreme. The monarch, who is afraid of people, also withdraws more and more into a dream world at his various castles. His brother is already in a psychiatric institute and Ludwig is also eventually put under the care of psychiatrist Bernhard von Gudden. The king attempts to get out from under this guardianship at Starnberg lake…
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1930-03-10
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The Old Fritz
Overview: Silent epic on the final years of Frederick II.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1928-01-20
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The Old Fritz II
Overview: Silent epic on the final years of Frederick II.
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1928-01-28
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The Finances of the Grand Duke
Overview: The likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to service the State's debt; the main creditor is looking forward to expropriating the entire Duchy. The marriage with Olga, Grand Duchess of Russia, would solve everything, but a crucial letter of hers about the engagement has been stolen. Besides, a bunch of revolutionaries and a dubious businessman have other plans regarding the Grand Duke. With the intrusion of adventurer Philipp Collins into the Grand Duke's affairs, a series of frantic chases, plots and counter-plots begins.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1924-01-07
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Prince Seppl
Overview: In this comedy, a simple inn in the mountains is transformed into a grand hotel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-10-05
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Moderne Piraten
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1928-10-24
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Luther
Overview: German silent film about the life of Martin Luther
Genres: History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1928-02-16
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Fräulein Hoffmanns Erzählungen
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1933-08-24
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Ein Kuß in der Sommernacht
Overview: Film by Franz Seitz.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1933-11-10
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Rasputins Liebesabenteuer
Overview: Portrays the deep intrigue and mystical fanaticism of the last days of the Romanoffs, when Rasputin, the mad monk had such a hold over them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1928-09-25
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Wolga Wolga
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1928-11-15
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Der Sohn der Hagar
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1927-03-24
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The Jew of Mestri
Overview: The film "Der Kaufmann von Venedig" ( The Jew Of Mestri ) was written, produced and directed by Peter Paul Felner in the silent year of 1923 and is a free adaptation of "Merchant of Venice" written by Herr William Shakespeare. It is an elegant and expensive German film production that was shot on location in beautiful and decadent Venice with some of the most important Teutonic actors of the time: Henny Porten, Harry Liedtke und Werner Krauss and even the mysterious Max Schreck.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-10-12
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Roman einer Nacht
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1933-08-21
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Fight of the Tertia
Overview: Youth gangs clash in a small town on the Baltic Sea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-01-18
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The Street
Overview: The movie follows two distinct plot lines until the two eventually merge: the first is that of the bored middle-aged man seeking a departure from monotony in his life; the second is that of the blind man and the little boy, his grandson, who are interdependent. None of the characters have been given names and are therefore referred to only by description. The city is an expressionistic nightmare, a dangerous and chaotic place.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-11-29
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Knockout – Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1935-03-01
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The Mayor of Zalamea
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-10-28
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Dudu, a Human Destiny
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1924-01-22
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Luzern Viper
Overview: A Schmelzdahin short wherein a print of a portion of Nosferatu (including the iconic shot of the vampire on the boat) has been degraded and abstracted through the bacterialogical decomposition, disintegration, and chemical processes Schmelzdahin would use.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1988-10-27
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The Bathroom Mirror
Overview: A young man encounters a dark force in this surreal and time twisting thriller.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-18
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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Overview: Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with the genre helped bring it into the mainstream and shape the way we view science fiction today.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-16
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Donogoo Tonka
Overview: Parisians Josette and Pierre are a happy couple, but also a completely broke one. An absurd chain of events leads them to Professor Trouhadec, who is in a predicament.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1936-01-24
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Eternal Ghosts
Overview: Various ghosts celebrate being freed from their confines after 95 years. However, not all of them are happy. One of them in particular harbors hatred towards a particularly famous ghost.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-01
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CALCO (A Symphony of Echo)
Overview: A man tries to enjoy a quiet movie night, but then he enters a world of confusion when an unexpected visitor knocks on his door.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-10
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Nosferatu and the Birth of Vampires in Cinema
Overview: A documentary look at F.W. Murnau's iconic — and unauthorized – 1922 vampire film, and its influence on bloodsuckers in film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-03-15
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Eyewitness: Monster
Overview: Which is the deadliest monster of all, real or imaginary? This video explores monsters of myth and movies and real-world animals that scare us.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-29
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The Land of Smiles
Overview: A western woman falls in love with a chinese prince. When she accompanies him to his homeland, strange things await her. Based on the operetta of the same name with music by Franz Lehár and libretto by Ludwig Herzer and Fritz Löhner-Beda.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1930-03-14
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The Mysterious Castles in the Carpathians
Overview: A short film documenting the city of Budapest, The Carpathian mountains, Brasov and Various castles in Romania
Genres: Horror Documentary Music
Original Language: ro
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