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."

Drama Horror

John Malkovich

(F. W. Murnau)

Willem Dafoe

(Max Schreck)

Udo Kier

(Albin Grau)

Cary Elwes

(Fritz Arno Wagner)

Catherine McCormack

(Greta Schröder)

Eddie Izzard

(Gustav von Wangenhein)

Aden Gillett

(Henrik Galeen)

Nicholas Elliott

(Paul)

Ronan Vibert

(Wolfgang Müller)

Sophie Langevin

(Elke)

Myriam Muller

(Maria)

Miloš Hlaváč

(Innkeeper)

Marja-Leena Junker

(Innkeeper's Wife)

Derek Kueter

(Reporter 1)

Norman Golightly

(Reporter 2)

Patrick Hastert

(Reporter 3)

Sascha Ley

(Drunken Woman)

Marie-Paule von Roesgen

(Old Woman)

Jean-Claude Croes

(Murnau’s Crew)

Christophe Chrompin

(Murnau’s Crew)

Graham Johnston

(Murnau’s Crew)

Orian Williams

(Murnau's Crew)

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė

(Micheline (uncredited))

Radica Jovicic

(Murnau's Crew (uncredited))