---
title: 'Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Werner Herzog'
released: '1979-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/nosferatu-the-vampyre-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079641/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

1979 · PG · 96 min · Drama · Germany, France

Original title: Nosferatu – Phantom der Nacht

## Synopsis

Nosferatu the Vampyre is a 1979 gothic horror film written and directed by Werner Herzog. The film serves as both a remake of the 1922 film Nosferatu and an adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. Herzog’s film is set in 19th-century Wismar, Germany, and Transylvania. The picture stars Klaus Kinski as Count Dracula, Isabelle Adjani as Lucy Harker, Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Harker, and French artist-writer Roland Topor as Renfield. There are two different versions of the film, one in which the actors speak English, and one in which they speak German.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Werner Herzog](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-herzog)
- **Screenplay:** [Werner Herzog](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-herzog)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Popol Vuh](https://cinepixo.com/people/popol-vuh)
- **Producer:** [Daniel Toscan du Plantier](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-toscan-du-plantier)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorg-schmidt-reitwein)
- **Editor:** [Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/beate-mainka-jellinghaus)

## Cast

- [Walter Saxer](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-saxer)
- [Clemens Scheitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/clemens-scheitz)
- [Jan Groth](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-groth)
- [Isabelle Adjani](https://cinepixo.com/people/isabelle-adjani)
- [Jacques Dufilho](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-dufilho)
- [Norbert Losch](https://cinepixo.com/people/norbert-losch)
- [Dan van Husen](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-van-husen)
- [John Leddy](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-leddy)
- [Attila Árpa](https://cinepixo.com/people/attila-arpa)
- [Klaus Kinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-kinski) as Count Dracula
- [Tim Beekman](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-beekman)
- [Rijk de Gooyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/rijk-de-gooyer)
- [Walter Ladengast](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-ladengast) as Abraham Van Helsing
- [Johan te Slaa](https://cinepixo.com/people/johan-te-slaa)
- [Lo van Hensbergen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lo-van-hensbergen)

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