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F.W. Murnau


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  • Nosferatu
  • Nosferatu review by from Bognor Regis
    Rated - 4 stars The original Dracula film! 30 June 2005
    ...rected by one of the masters who emerged from the German exprexionist movement, F.W. Murnau. This truly is the predecessor of all modern horror films, with imagery which h...  
  • The Last Laugh
  • The Last Laugh review by Jacuzzi from Birkenhead
    Rated - 5 stars Eureka has the last laugh 6 October 2008
    ...F.W. Murnau's 'Der Letzte Mann' is arguably one of the finest examples of German Expressionist film-making. I have owned the American released DVD, titled 'The Last L...  

F.W. Murnau - filmography


  • Tabu on DVD (1931)
    Starring: Anna Chevalier,  Matahi
    Director: F.W. Murnau
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Filmed in Tahiti, the story of a fisherman who falls in love with a beguiling woman who has been forbidden to men. German Expressionist director F.W. Murnau's last film is one of the most gorgeous black & white films ever made. Pioneering documentarian Robert Flaherty (NANOOK OF THE NORTH) co-..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 142 members
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  • Sunrise on DVD (1927)
    Starring: George O'Brien,  Janet Gaynor,  Margaret Livingston
    Director: F.W. Murnau
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    SUNRISE chronicles the murderous desires--and ultimate repentance--of a wayward husband. Deeply attracted by a sophisticated vamp who worms her way into the couple's simple country existence, the man agrees to take his wife into the city by rowboat... with plans to drown her on the way. In the ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 74% from 1,493 member
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  • Faust on DVD (1926)
    Starring: Emil Jannings,  Gosta Ekman,  Camilla Horn
    Director: F.W. Murnau
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    F.W. Murnau's FAUST stars the inimitable Emil Jannings as Mephistopheles, to whom the hapless and aging Faust sells his soul for renewed youth, as well as wealth and power. Based on Goethe's interpretation of the age-old legend, Murnau merely uses the story as a starting point for an incredibly ..read more »
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  • Tartuffe on DVD (1926)
    Starring: Emil Jannings,  Lil Dagover,  Werner Krauss
    Director: F.W. Murnau
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    An expressionistic retelling of the classic Moliere story, Murnau contemporized his version by setting the exploration of morality and hypocrisy amidst a housekeeper's murder plot. Here, the housekeeper (Rosa Valetti) schemes to poison her employer (Hermann Picha) in order to take control of his ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 179 members
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  • The Last Laugh on DVD (1924)
    Starring: Emil Jannings,  Kurt Hiller,  Emelie Kurtz
    Director: F.W. Murnau
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    One of the most brilliant of all German Expressionist silent films, Murnau's THE LAST LAUGH uses a constantly moving and subjective camera to capture the emotional anguish of a man whose life is suddenly devoid of meaning. Because of his age, an elderly doorman at a hotel finds himself ..read more »
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  • Faust to Watch Now (1926)
    Starring: Gösta Ekman,  Emil Jannings,  Camilla Horn
    Director: F.W. Murnau
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC (TBC)
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    Run time: 106 minutes
    Faust's tale is a classic one of a man who sells his soul to the devil. In an attempt to gain control of the Earth, Mephisto (Emil Jannings) wagers an angel (Werner Fuetterer) that he can corrupt the soul of the elderly professor Faust (Gosta Ekman). As the Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride ..read more »
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F.W. Murnau facts

5 most recent films

Tabu - 3.5 stars
Sunrise - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Sunrise - 4.0 stars
Faust - 3.5 stars
Tartuffe - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Sunrise - 4.0 stars
The Last Laugh - 3.5 stars
Faust - 3.5 stars
Nosferatu - 3.5 stars
Tabu - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Sunrise - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Tartuffe - 3.0 stars
Tabu - 3.5 stars
Nosferatu - 3.5 stars
Faust - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Janet Gaynor - 4 times - show films
George O'Brien - 4 times - show films
Emil Jannings - 4 times - show films
Margaret Livingston - 4 times - show films
Greta Schroeder - 3 times - show films