Shadow of the Vampire
“An unspeakable horror. A creative genius. Captured for eternity.”
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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Cast
24 people
John Malkovich
F. W. Murnau
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Willem Dafoe
Max Schreck
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Udo Kier
Albin Grau
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Cary Elwes
Fritz Arno Wagner
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Catherine McCormack
Greta Schröder
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Suzy Eddie Izzard
Gustav von Wangenhein
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Aden Gillett
Henrik Galeen
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The Borrowers
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Nicholas Elliott
Paul
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Ronan Vibert
Wolfgang Müller
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Hatfields & McCoys
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Sophie Langevin
Elke
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Myriam Muller
Maria
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Miloš Hlaváč
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E. Elias Merhige Director · Steven Katz Screenplay Dan Jones Composer
Worldwide gross $8.3M · Budget $8M · United States release December 29, 2000
Box office
Budget
$8,000,000
Worldwide gross
$8,279,017
Gross vs. budget
1.0×
Production
BBC Film
Production · Studio
Saturn Films
Production
Long Shot Pictures
Production
Pilgrim Films
Production
Delux Productions
Production
Film Fund Luxembourg
Production
Luxembourg · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
France · May 15, 2000
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · December 29, 2000
Limited theatrical
United States · May 29, 2001
Physical · VHS / DVD
United States
October 9, 2000 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
October 12, 2000 · Premiere · Austin Film Festival
November 12, 2000 · Premiere · Hawaii Film Festival
November 16, 2000 · Premiere · Deep Ellum Film Festival
January 26, 2001 · Theatrical
Argentina
March 22, 2001 · Theatrical
Australia
January 25, 2001 · Theatrical
Belgium
August 30, 2000 · Theatrical
Colombia
June 22, 2001 · Theatrical
Czechia
April 12, 2001 · Theatrical
Denmark
June 8, 2001 · Theatrical
France
June 8, 2000 · Premiere · Avignon Film Festival
November 29, 2000 · Theatrical
Germany
June 21, 2001 · Theatrical
Greece
April 20, 2001 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
August 2, 2001 · Theatrical
Hungary
October 8, 2001 · Premiere · Titanic International Filmpresence Festival
Iceland
November 9, 2001 · Premiere · Reykjavik Film Festival
Israel
November 8, 2001 · Theatrical
Italy
February 2, 2001 · Theatrical
Japan
August 11, 2001 · Theatrical · Tokyo
Kazakhstan
August 24, 2001 · Theatrical
Mexico
March 9, 2001 · Theatrical
June 17, 2003 · Physical · DVD
Peru
June 14, 2001 · Theatrical
Philippines
February 13, 2003 · Premiere · Pelikula at Lipunan Film Festival
May 21, 2003 · Theatrical · Davao
Poland
December 7, 2001 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 20, 2001 · Theatrical
Russia
July 26, 2001 · Theatrical
Spain
October 8, 2000 · Premiere · Sitges Film Festival
March 2, 2001 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 1, 2000 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
May 11, 2002 · Theatrical
Switzerland
September 13, 2001 · Theatrical
September 13, 2001 · Digital
United Kingdom
February 2, 2001 · Theatrical
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