Stephan Graf v. Bothmer: NOSFERATU

Stephan von Bothmer interprets this classic at the CineTronium with the Berlin Live Film Music Orchestra and Choir. His music brings archetypes to life. It is the most successful score for "Nosferatu" since the silent film era and has been performed from the Philippines to Colombia, even at F.W. Murnau's grave.

"A magnificent score—the best I have ever heard, no, the best I have ever been privileged to hear, for "Nosferatu." Cinema Musica

"Nosferatu," the progenitor of all Dracula adaptations, is also an early highlight of German Expressionism. Murnau transposes the vampire story to real landscapes, ports, and cities, thus combining fairytale nightmares with documentary imagery. Max Schreck, as the skeletal Count Orlok, became an icon of film history.

The film tells the story of an undead creature that haunts a city, but also of the fear of contagion, alienation, and loss of control. Light and shadow, architecture and nature become active participants. To this day, "Nosferatu" shapes the genre and, in its radical simplicity, seems more modern than many later, more elaborate horror films. [F. W. Murnau, Germany 1922]

A mystical symphony of horror!