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F.W. Murnau

F.W. Murnau

Actor, Director, Writer

Born December 28, 1888 in Bielefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Died March 11, 1931

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Biography

Friedrich Wilhelm “F. W.” Murnau (December 28, 1888 – March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s. Although some of Murnau’s films have been lost, most still survive. While the horror film Nosferatu (1922) is his most famous work, the romantic melodrama Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) is his critically most acclaimed; the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll named it the fifth-best film in the history of motion pictures. Murnau's characteristics are an atmospheric imagery and an innovative use of camera movement. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States.

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Filmography

Actor

14

Type

Year

Murnau: In the Shadow of Nosferatu Poster

Murnau: In the Shadow of Nosferatu TV Movie2023Self

Nosferatu - Ein Film wie ein Vampir Poster

Nosferatu - Ein Film wie ein Vampir TV Movie2022Self

Hitchcock Confidential Poster

Hitchcock Confidential Documentary2019Self

From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses Poster

From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses Documentary2014Self

Murnau, Borzage and Fox Poster

Murnau, Borzage and Fox Documentary2008Self

La duodécima hora Short Film2007Self

Der Weg nach Murnau Poster

Der Weg nach Murnau Documentary2003Self

Los 5 Faust de F.W. Murnau Poster

Los 5 Faust de F.W. Murnau Video2002Self

Tabu: dernier voyage Poster

Tabu: dernier voyage Documentary1996Self

Die UFA Documentary1992

Solang' noch Unter'n Linden Poster

Solang' noch Unter'n Linden Feature Film1958Self

Die Filmstadt Hollywood Documentary1928Self

Sunrise Feature Film1927Dancer

Der Film im Film Poster

Der Film im Film Documentary1925Self

Director

22

Type

Year

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror - Audio Score by idiedtrying. Poster

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror - Audio Score by idiedtrying. Feature Film2024

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas Poster

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas Feature Film1931

City Girl Poster

City Girl Feature Film1930

4 Devils Poster

4 Devils Feature Film1928

Sunrise Feature Film1927

Faust Feature Film1926

Tartuffe Poster

Tartuffe Feature Film1925

Finances of the Grand Duke Poster

Finances of the Grand Duke Feature Film1924

The Last Laugh Poster

The Last Laugh Feature Film1924

Die Austreibung Poster

Die Austreibung Short Film1923

Marizza Feature Film1922

Nosferatu Poster

Nosferatu Feature Film1922

Phantom Feature Film1922

The Burning Soil Poster

The Burning Soil Feature Film1922

Journey into the Night Poster

Journey into the Night Feature Film1921

The Haunted Castle Poster

The Haunted Castle Feature Film1921

Desire Feature Film1920

Evening - Night - Morning Poster

Evening - Night - Morning Feature Film1920

The Head of Janus Poster

The Head of Janus Feature Film1920

The Hunchback and the Dancer Poster

The Hunchback and the Dancer Feature Film1920

Emerald of Death Poster

Emerald of Death Feature Film1919

Satanas Feature Film1919

Thanks

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Year

A Lifetime in the Game Poster

A Lifetime in the Game Feature Film2021

Kitsune Video2016

Boy 7 Feature Film2015

Blancanieves Poster

Blancanieves Feature Film2012

Special Collector's Edition Poster

Special Collector's Edition TV Series2010

Red Oedipal Poster

Red Oedipal Feature Film

Writer

3

Nosferatu Poster

Nosferatu Feature Film2023

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas Poster

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas Feature Film1931

Komödie des Herzens Poster

Komödie des Herzens Feature Film1924

Producer

2

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas Poster

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas Feature Film1931

The Burning Soil Poster

The Burning Soil Feature Film1922

Other Crew

1

The Bathroom Mirror Poster

The Bathroom Mirror Short Film2008

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