Max Schreck
Count Orlok, a Transylvanian noble and vampire. In the public domain version, he is referred to as Count Dracula.
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Synopsis
An estate agent travels to a remote castle to arrange a property purchase for Count Orlok. His client's unsettling habits soon become impossible to explain away. As the count's journey brings death toward the agent's hometown, his wife recognizes that stopping the visitor may demand something more than escape.
Cast
Gustav von Wangenheim
Thomas Hutter, a young estate agent. In the public domain version, he is referred to as Jonathon Harker.
Greta Schröder
Ellen, Hutter's wife. In the public domain version, she is referred to as Nina.
Alexander Granach
Knock, an estate broker and Hutter's employer. In the public domain version, he is referred to as Renfield.
DirectorsF. W. Murnau
Inspirations
Henrik Galeen's screenplay adapts Bram Stoker's Dracula without the estate's authorization, changing names and locations while preserving major elements of the story. F. W. Murnau and designer Albin Grau gave Orlok a stark, emaciated appearance that helped distinguish this version within the visual world of German Expressionist cinema.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
Photograph credit
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- Max Schreck — Unknown photographer and publisher - reverse is blank apart from message and 1922 postmark · Public domain
- Gustav von Wangenheim — Unknown photographer and publisher - reverse is blank apart from message and 1922 postmark · Public domain
- Greta Schröder — Ernst Reichardt (gest. 1932) · Public domain
- Alexander Granach — Anny Eberth · Public domain
