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title: 'Shadow of the Vampire (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'E. Elias Merhige'
released: '2000-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 91
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Luxembourg'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/shadow-of-the-vampire-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189998/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

2000 · R · 91 min · Drama, Horror · United Kingdom, Luxembourg, United States


## Synopsis

Shadow of the Vampire is a 2000 horror film directed by E. Elias Merhige, written by Steven Katz, and starring John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe. It is a fictionalized account of the making of the classic vampire film Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922), directed by F. W. Murnau, during which the film crew begin to have disturbing suspicions about their lead actor, Max Schreck. The film's premise is based on an urban legend which suggests that Schreck was not an actor, but in fact a vampire himself. It borrows several techniques of silent films, including the use of intertitles to explain elided action, and iris lenses.

## Credits

- **Director:** [E. Elias Merhige](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-elias-merhige)
- **Screenplay:** [Steven A. Katz](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-a-katz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dan Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-jones)
- **Producer:** [Nicolas Cage](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-cage)

## Cast

- [Ronan Vibert](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronan-vibert)
- [Udo Kier](https://cinepixo.com/people/udo-kier) as Albin Grau
- [Cary Elwes](https://cinepixo.com/people/cary-elwes) as Fritz Arno Wagner
- [Sascha Ley](https://cinepixo.com/people/sascha-ley)
- [Aden Gillett](https://cinepixo.com/people/aden-gillett)
- [Myriam Muller](https://cinepixo.com/people/myriam-muller)
- [John Malkovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-malkovich) as F. W. Murnau
- [Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingeborga-dapkunaite)
- [Patrick Hastert](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-hastert)
- [Willem Dafoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/willem-dafoe) as Max Schreck
- [Catherine McCormack](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-mccormack) as Greta Schröder

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