NEW YORK, NY – October 21, 2013 – Kino Classics is proud to announce that it will release F.W. Murnau’s silent horror classic NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR in a 2-disc remastered edition on Blu-ray and DVD, newly mastered in HD from the archival 35mm restoration by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung. Long considered one of the masterworks of German cinema, F.W. Murnau’s seminal vampire film remains one of the enduring classics of the horror genre and of silent film. Kino Classics is bringing NOSFERATU to Blu-ray and DVD in a deluxe edition packed with special features including a “making of” documentary, The Language of Shadows, that gives new insight into the creation of this classic film.This edition will become available on November 19th with a SRP of $39.95 for the Blu-ray and $29.95 for the DVD.
Disc One features the film with English intertitles, while disc two features the German intertitles with optional English subtitles. The film is accompanied by Hans Erdmann’s original 1922 score, in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 or 2.0 Stereo.
Also included is The Language of Shadows (2007), a 52-minute documentary on the making of Nosferatu; an image gallery; and lengthy excerpts from other films by Murnau including Journey Into the Night (1920), The Haunted Castle (1921), Phantom (1922), The Finances of the Grand Duke (1924), The Last Laugh (1924), Tartuffe (1925), Faust (1926), and Tabu (1931).
A cornerstone of the horror film, F. W. Murnau’s NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR is resurrected in an HD edition mastered from the acclaimed 35mm restoration by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung. Backed by an orchestral performance of Hans Erdmann’s 1922 score, this edition offers unprecedented visual clarity and historical faithfulness to the original release version. An unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, NOSFERATU remains to many viewers the most unsettling vampire film ever made, and its bald, spidery vampire, personified by the diabolical Max Schreck, continues to spawn imitations in the realm of contemporary cinema.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
* Newly mastered in HD from the
archival 35mm restoration by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung
* Disc One: English intertitles
* Disc Two: German intertitles (and optional English subtitles)
* Hans Erdmann’s original 1922 score, in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 or 2.0 Stereo
* The Language of Shadows (2007),
a 52-minute documentary on the making of Nosferatu
* Lengthy excerpts from other films by F.W. Murnau:
Journey Into the Night (1920)
The Haunted Castle (1921)
Phantom (1922)
The Finances of the Grand Duke (1924)
The Last Laugh (1924)
Tartuffe (1925)
Faust (1926)
Tabu (1931)
* Image gallery
TECHNICAL SPECS:
Country: Germany
Year: 1922
Color: Color Tinted
Running Time: 95 Min.
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1, 16:9/1920x1080p
Audio: 5.1 Surround and 2.0 Stereo
Directed by F.W. Murnau
Screenplay by Henrik Galeen
Photographed by Fritz Arno Wagner
With Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim,
Alexander Granach, Greta Schroeder
Restored by Luciano Berriatúa on behalf of the
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung
Reconstruction of Hans Erdmann’s
original 1922 score by Berndt Heller
Performed by the Saarbru?cken Radio Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by Berndt Heller
Sound recording: Saarländischer Rundfun
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