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F. W. Murnau
Bielefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Friedrich Wilhelm “F. W.” Murnau (December 28, 1888 – March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expres…
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Friedrich Wilhelm “F. W.” Murnau (December 28, 1888 – March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s. Although some of Murnau’s films have been lost, most still survive. While the horror film Nosferatu (1922) is his most famous work, the romantic melodrama Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) is his critically most acclaimed; the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll named it the fifth-best film in the history of motion pictures. Murnau's characteristics are an atmospheric imagery and an innovative use of camera movement. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States.
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2023
Synthwave Horror: Nosferatu
Movie Director
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2016
Kitsune
Movie Thanks
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2008
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2003
The Way to Murnau
Movie Himself (archive footage)
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2002
Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
Movie Himself (archive footage)
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1940
Hunting in the South Seas
Movie Director
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1931
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Movie Producer
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1930
The Twelfth Hour
Movie Director
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1930
City Girl
Movie Director
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1928
The Movie City of Hollywood
Movie Self
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1928
4 Devils
Movie Director
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1927
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Movie Dancer (uncredited)
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1926
Faust
Movie Director
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1926
Tartuffe
Movie Director
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1924
The Last Laugh
Movie Director
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1924
Comedy of the Heart
Movie Writer
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1924
The Film in the Film
Movie Self
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1924
The Finances of the Grand Duke
Movie Director
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1923
The Expulsion
Movie Director
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1922
Phantom
Movie Director
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1922
The Burning Soil
Movie Director
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1922
Nosferatu
Movie Director
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1922
Marizza
Movie Director
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1921
The Haunted Castle
Movie Director
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1921
The Boy in Blue
Movie Director
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1921
Journey into the Night
Movie Director
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1921
Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer
Movie Director
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1920
Evening – Night – Morning
Movie Director
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1920
The Head of Janus
Movie Director
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1920
The Hunchback and the Dancer
Movie Director
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1920
Satan
Movie Director
