F. W. Murnau
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"F. W. Murnau made three films with Fritz Lang's wife Thea von Harbou as scenarist, "Phantom" (1922, based on a novel by Gerhart Hauptmann), "Die Austreibung/The Expulsion" (1923, adapted from a play by Gerhart's brother Karl and the last of his lost films) and "Die Finanzen des Grossherzogs/The Finances of the Grand Duke" (1923, his attempt at an original comedy)."--Sholem Stein |
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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 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.
Filmography:
- Der Knabe in Blau (The Boy in Blue, released 28 June 1919)
- Santanas (released around 30 January 1920 but made in 1919)
- Der Bucklige und die Tänzerin (The Hunchback and the Dancer, released 8 July 1920)
- Der Januskopf (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / The Head of Janus, released 17 September 1920)
- Abend - Nacht - Morgen (Evening - Night - Morning, released October 1920)
- Sehnsucht (Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer, released 18 October 1920)
- Der Gang in die Nacht (Journey Into the Night, released 13 December 1920)
- Schloß Vogelöd (The Haunted Castle, released April 1921)
- Marizza (released 20 January 1922 but filmed in 1921)
- Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror, released 5 March 1922)
- Der brennende Acker (The Burning Soil, released 16 March 1922)
- Phantom (released 29 October 1922)
- Die Austreibung (The Expulsion, released 23 October 1923)
- Die Finanzen des Großherzogs (The Grand Duke's Finances, released 7 January 1924)
- Der letzte Mann (The Last Laugh, released 23 December 1924)
- Herr Tartüff (Tartuffe, released 25 January 1926)
- Faust (released 14 October 1926)
- Sunrise (released 23 September 1927, won a special Oscar for "Unique Artistic Presentation" at the first Academy Awards)
- 4 Devils (released 3 October 1928, is generally regarded as one of his best works and is a highly sought-after lost film)
- City Girl / Our Daily Bread (released 19 May 1930)
- Tabu (released 18 March 1931)
