NOSFERATU

by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (Allemagne, 1922, 1h34)

starring Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wagenheim, Greta Schroeder

1838. Hutter, an estate agent's clerk, is sent to the Carpathian Mountains to conclude a deal with Count Orlok. When he arrives at the castle, he discovers that the count is a vampire. Horrified, the young man flees and returns to his home in Germany. There, he finds that the horrible creature has arrived ahead of him, sowing terror and evil in his wake.