Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) Movie poster and book cover compared.

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Werner Herzog, 1979

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Dracula
Bram Stoker, 1897

Nosferatu the Vampyre is a movie directed by Werner Herzog in 1979 and based on the book Dracula by Bram Stoker, first published in 1897. The movie features Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Jacques Dufilho, Roland Topor, Walter Ladengast, and others.

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Movie Poster: Nosferatu the Vampyre (Werner Herzog, 1979)

8

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Book Cover: Dracula (Bram Stoker, 1897)

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AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook cover of Dracula, the 1897 book by Bram Stoker.

Dracula

Read by: Marc Nelson

Storyline

Jonathan Harker is an estate agent in Wismar, Germany. His employer, Renfield, informs him that a nobleman named Count Dracula wishes to buy a property in Wismar, and assigns Harker to visit the Count and complete the lucrative deal. On his journey, Harker stops at a village inn, where the locals plead for him to stay away from the accursed castle.

Movie vs Book

Poster of Nosferatu the Vampyre, the 1979 movie by Werner Herzog

Year

1979

Minutes

107

Movie Rate

7.50

Source: IMDb

Movie

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Original title: Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht

Country: West Germany

Year: 1979

Length: 1h47m

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Cover of Dracula, the 1897 book by Bram Stoker

Year

1897

Pages

488

Book Rate

8.00

S: Goodreads

Book

Dracula

Country: UK

First published in: 1897

Length: 488 pages

Genre: Fiction

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Other screen adaptations of the book

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Movie by F.W. Murnau
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Dracula (1931)
Movie by Tod Browning, Karl Freund
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Horror of Dracula (1958)
Movie by Terence Fisher
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Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Movie by Francis Ford Coppola
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Van Helsing (2004)
Movie by Stephen Sommers
TV Series poster
Dracula (2013)
TV Series by Cole Haddon
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Dracula Untold (2014)
Movie by Gary Shore
TV Mini-Series poster
Dracula (2020-)
TV Mini-Series by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat
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The Invitation (2022)
Movie by Jessica M. Thompson
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Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
Movie by André Øvredal
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Renfield (2023)
Movie by Chris McKay

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