Rolf Giesen, a former visiting professor of animation at the Communication University of China and president of an animation museum in Changchun, China, has compiled a special effects collection for Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin and has co-written several animation features. He is an expert on early fantasy and science fiction films.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: 100 Years After World War IIt Came from Max ReinhardtPaul Wegener and Hanns Heinz Ewers: The Godfathers of German Film FantasyConrad Veidt and The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariDr. Jekyll, Murnau and DraculaDracula in Germany: Henrik Galeen and the Screenplay for NosferatuThe StorylineCasting a Man Named “Shock”Shooting Nosferatu in Kafka’s CastlePremiere and Contemporary ReviewsFrater Pacitius, Aleister Crowley’s Berlin DiscipleGreat Plans and Nightly Hallucinations: The ­Ill-­Fated Prana Film CompanyFritz Lang Hits It Big—And Murnau Carries OnThe Vampire Jew and the Curse of ­Anti-­SemitismHow the Golem Came Into the World and Fought the NazisThe Revival of NosferatuChristopher Lee vs. Klaus KinskiShadow of the Vampire: The LegacyAppendix: Bios of the Crew and Cast of NosferatuThe Nosferatu FilmographyFilmography II: The Silent Era of German Expressionist, Fantasy and Alchemical FilmsChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“A must-read book...Giesen’s The Nosferatu Story is a much-welcomed addition to the English language literature on this landmark horror movie. Fans of German Expressionism, vampire films, and the history of occult cinema will definitely want to check it out”—AIPT Comics

Rolf Giesen, a former visiting professor of animation at the Communication University of China and president of an animation museum in Changchun, China, has compiled a special effects collection for Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin and has co-written several animation features. He is an expert on early fantasy and science fiction films.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: 100 Years After World War IIt Came from Max ReinhardtPaul Wegener and Hanns Heinz Ewers: The Godfathers of German Film FantasyConrad Veidt and The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariDr. Jekyll, Murnau and DraculaDracula in Germany: Henrik Galeen and the Screenplay for NosferatuThe StorylineCasting a Man Named “Shock”Shooting Nosferatu in Kafka’s CastlePremiere and Contemporary ReviewsFrater Pacitius, Aleister Crowley’s Berlin DiscipleGreat Plans and Nightly Hallucinations: The ­Ill-­Fated Prana Film CompanyFritz Lang Hits It Big—And Murnau Carries OnThe Vampire Jew and the Curse of ­Anti-­SemitismHow the Golem Came Into the World and Fought the NazisThe Revival of NosferatuChristopher Lee vs. Klaus KinskiShadow of the Vampire: The LegacyAppendix: Bios of the Crew and Cast of NosferatuThe Nosferatu FilmographyFilmography II: The Silent Era of German Expressionist, Fantasy and Alchemical FilmsChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“A must-read book...Giesen’s The Nosferatu Story is a much-welcomed addition to the English language literature on this landmark horror movie. Fans of German Expressionism, vampire films, and the history of occult cinema will definitely want to check it out”—AIPT Comics

Rolf Giesen, a former visiting professor of animation at the Communication University of China and president of an animation museum in Changchun, China, has compiled a special effects collection for Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin and has co-written several animation features. He is an expert on early fantasy and science fiction films.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: 100 Years After World War IIt Came from Max ReinhardtPaul Wegener and Hanns Heinz Ewers: The Godfathers of German Film FantasyConrad Veidt and The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariDr. Jekyll, Murnau and DraculaDracula in Germany: Henrik Galeen and the Screenplay for NosferatuThe StorylineCasting a Man Named “Shock”Shooting Nosferatu in Kafka’s CastlePremiere and Contemporary ReviewsFrater Pacitius, Aleister Crowley’s Berlin DiscipleGreat Plans and Nightly Hallucinations: The ­Ill-­Fated Prana Film CompanyFritz Lang Hits It Big—And Murnau Carries OnThe Vampire Jew and the Curse of ­Anti-­SemitismHow the Golem Came Into the World and Fought the NazisThe Revival of NosferatuChristopher Lee vs. Klaus KinskiShadow of the Vampire: The LegacyAppendix: Bios of the Crew and Cast of NosferatuThe Nosferatu FilmographyFilmography II: The Silent Era of German Expressionist, Fantasy and Alchemical FilmsChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“A must-read book...Giesen’s The Nosferatu Story is a much-welcomed addition to the English language literature on this landmark horror movie. Fans of German Expressionism, vampire films, and the history of occult cinema will definitely want to check it out”—AIPT Comics