

Nosferatu the Vampyre
It is fear and fun. It is a scream of horror and a cry of delight. It is Nosferatu, the Vampyre.
A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.4M
- Box office
- $3.5K
- Language
- English
- small town
- ship
- based on novel or book
- transylvania
- vampire
- bite
- coffin
- bed
- castle
- house
- melancholy
- remake
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York Film Festival1 Oct 1979
- TheatricalPGNew York5 Oct 1979
CanadaCA
- TheatricalPG17 Jan 1979
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1612 Oct 1979
ChinaCN
- PremiereBeijing International Film Festival18 Apr 2026
CzechiaCZ
- Physical1 Jun 1994
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1526 Mar 1979
FinlandFI
- Theatrical (limited)K-1617 Jan 1979
FranceFR
- TheatricalTPVisa CNC 4938517 Jan 1979
GermanyDE
- Premiere(West Germany) Berlin International Film Festival25 Feb 1979
- Theatrical1612 Apr 1979
ItalyIT
- TheatricalVM1415 Feb 1979
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical615 Mar 1979
- TV6Nederland 21 Aug 2010
- Physical6DVD19 Jan 2015
NorwayNO
- Theatrical (limited)1517 Jan 1979
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Nosferatu the Vampyre was released on 17 January 1979.
Audience reviews
2- C7/10
CinemaSerf
4/29/2024
"Harker" (Bruno Ganz) travels to remote Transylvania where he is to help "Count Dracula" (Klaus Kinski) buy a new home in his hometown of Wismar. Why? Well that's because he has fallen in love with a photograph of his beautiful wife "Lucy" (Isabelle Adjani) and has determined to make her his immortal bride. "Harker" had been warned by the locals of the dangers of visiting the "Count" but he pressed on regardless, so …
- B9/10
badelf
12/27/2025
The visuals in Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" are luscious, hauntingly beautiful in ways that make you wonder: where did Herzog find these set pieces? The plague-ridden streets, the Gothic architecture, the rats flooding through medieval towns—it all feels discovered rather than constructed. This is Herzog's trademark style at its finest. You never feel like you're watching a movie. Instead, you're observing…
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