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-'''Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau''' ([[December 28]], [[1888]] – [[March 11]], [[1931]]) was one of the most influential directors of the [[silent film]] era. Murnau's most famous film is ''[[Nosferatu]]'', a 1922 adaptation of [[Bram Stoker]]'s ''[[Dracula]]'' that caused Stoker's estate to sue for copyright infringement. +'''Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau''', better known as '''F. W. Murnau''' ([[December 28]], [[1888]] – [[March 11]], [[1931]]), was one of the most influential German film directors of the [[silent film|silent era]]. A figure in the [[expressionism (film)|expressionist]] movement in German cinema during the 1920s, some of Murnau's films from the silent era have been [[Lost film|lost]], but most still survive. Murnau's most famous film is ''[[Nosferatu]]'', a 1922 adaptation of [[Bram Stoker]]'s ''[[Dracula]]'' that caused Stoker's estate to sue for copyright infringement.
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*''[[The Boy in Blue (1919 film)|Der Knabe in Blau]]'' (''The Boy in Blue'', released 28 June 1919) *''[[The Boy in Blue (1919 film)|Der Knabe in Blau]]'' (''The Boy in Blue'', released 28 June 1919)

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Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, better known as F. W. Murnau (December 28, 1888March 11, 1931), was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era. A figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s, some of Murnau's films from the silent era have been lost, but most still survive. Murnau's most famous film is Nosferatu, a 1922 adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula that caused Stoker's estate to sue for copyright infringement.

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