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Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
· Movie
· 107 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1170
- IMDb #1567
- Rotten Tomatoes #809
- Metacritic #781
- Letterboxd #1088
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #672
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1359
- Metacritic Critics #762
- Metacritic Audience #1108
- Criticker #403
- Kinopoisk #1971
- AlloCiné #2202
- Trakt #2500
Every rating
66–93
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 66, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 93.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A real estate agent travels to Transylvania to finalize a deal with a reclusive nobleman for a property in his German hometown. He discovers his client is a ancient, plague-carrying vampire who becomes obsessed with the man’s wife. The vampire moves to the town, bringing with him a swarm of rats and a wave of death.
Details
- Director
- Werner Herzog
- Writer
- Werner Herzog
- Based on
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Studio
- Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Gaumont, ZDF
- Released
- 17 January 1979
- Country
- Germany, France
- Language
- German, English, Romany, Polish
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $1.4M
- Box office
- $3.5K
- Awards
- 5 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 12 →1 major award won · 5 wins from 12 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Berlin International Film Festival 1979 | Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement | Henning von Gierke | Winner |
| Berlin International Film Festival 1979 | Golden Bear | Werner Herzog | Nominee |
| Cartagena Film Festival 1979 | Golden Pelican for Best Actor | Klaus Kinski | Winner |
| German Film Awards 1979 | Best Director | Werner Herzog | Nominee |
| German Film Awards 1979 | Best Actor | Klaus Kinski | Winner |
| German Film Awards 1979 | Best Actress | Isabelle Adjani | Nominee |
| German Film Awards 1979 | Best Cinematography | Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein | Nominee |
| German Film Awards 1979 | Best Production Design | Henning von Gierke, Gisela Storch | Nominee |
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Berlin International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement | Henning von Gierke | Winner |
| Golden Bear | Werner Herzog | Nominee |
German Film Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Klaus Kinski | Winner |
| Best Actress | Isabelle Adjani | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein | Nominee |
| Best Director | Werner Herzog | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Henning von Gierke, Gisela Storch | Nominee |
Cartagena Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Pelican for Best Actor | Klaus Kinski | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Five Foreign Language Films | Nosferatu the Vampyre | Winner |
Sant Jordi Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Performance in a Foreign Film | Klaus Kinski | Winner |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations
| Best Costumes | Gisela Storch | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Film | Nosferatu the Vampyre | Nominee |