F W Murnau

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (December 28, 1888 – March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential directors of the silent film era. (His actual birth name was Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe.) copied from http://internettrash. ... copied from http://internettrash. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ...

He was one of a number of German film directors to take part in the expressionist movement that took root in German cinema during the 1920s, and he directed a number of movies that were influential and remain widely seen among film scholars today. Much of Murnau's output from the silent era has been lost, and only a few of his films survive today; film scholars acknowledge them as masterpieces. Expressionism in filmmaking developed in Germany (especially Berlin) during the 1920s. ... Sometimes referred to as the Roaring Twenties. Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy Gun. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of...

Murnau's most famous film is Nosferatu, a 1922 adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula that caused Stoker's estate to sue for copyright infringement. Murnau lost the lawsuit and all prints of the film were ordered destroyed, but bootleg prints were stored and preserved over time, so that Nosferatu is widely available in the present era. The film inspired Werner Herzog to remake the film in 1979. Max Schreck as Count Orlok Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (A Symphony of Horrors in German) is a German Expressionist film originally shot in 1922 by F.W. Murnau. ... Bela Lugosi as Dracula United States stamp Dracula is a fictional character, arguably the most famous vampire in fiction. ... Werner Herzog was born Werner Stipetic on September 5, 1942 in Munich. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

Nearly as important as Nosferatu in Murnau's filmography was The Last Laugh (1925), written by Carl Mayer and starring Emil Jannings. Often voted second greatest film of all time by international critics' polls, the film introduced the subjective point of view camera (where the camera "sees" from the eyes of a character and uses visual style to convey a character's psychological state). It also anticipated the cinema verite movement in its subject matter. The Last Laugh : A New Philosophy of Near-Death Experiences, Apparitions, and the Paranormal is a book by Dr. Raymond Moody presenting case histories of adults and children who have clinically reached the point of death and survived. ... Emil Jannings (July 23, 1884 - January 3, 1950) was the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor. ... Cin ma V is the first album by an alternative rock group Dramarama, released in November 1985. ...

Murnau emigrated to Hollywood in 1926, where he joined the Fox Studio and made the 1920s-era fable Sunrise - a movie often cited by film scholars as one of the greatest films of all time. It was a success and it received several Oscars at the very first Academy Awards ceremony in 1927 (though the movie Wings won Best Picture). However, Murnau's next two pictures, Four Devils and City Girl, were modified to adapt to the new era of sound film (Four Devils has been completely lost), and they were not well received as a result. Their poor reception disillusioned Murnau, and he quit Fox to journey for a while in the South Pacific. 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation is one of the Big Ten movie studios, located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, California, USA, just west of Beverly Hills. ... Sometimes referred to as the Roaring Twenties. Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy Gun. ... Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (aka Sunrise) is a 1927 movie about a woman from the city (played by Margaret Livingston), who tempts a married farmer (George OBrien) to kill his wife (Janet Gaynor) and run off with her to the city. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ...

Murnau's travels abroad resulted in the film Tabu, which was censored in America because it showed images of bare-breasted "native" Polynesian women. Tabu would be Murnau's last film, as he died in an automobile accident in 1931. Tabu (also called Tabu, a Story of the South Seas) is a 1931 film which tells the story of two lovers in the South Seas, who must escape their village when the girl is chosen as the holy maid to the gods. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Filmography:

• Der Knabe in Blau (The Blue Boy) (1919)
• Der Januskopf (Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde) (1920)
• Abend - Nacht - Morgen (1920)
• Satanas (1920)
• Sehnsucht (Desire) (1920)
• Der Gang in die Nacht (Journey Into the Night) (1920)
• Der Bucklige und die Tänzerin (The Hunchback and the Dancer) (1920)
• Schloe Vogeloed (Haunted Castle)(1921)
• Marizza (1922)
• Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
• Phantom (1922)
• Der Brennende Acker (The Burning Soil) (1922)
• Die Austreibung (The Expulsion) (1923)
• Der Letzte Mann (The Last Laugh) (1924)
• Die Finanzen des Großherzogs (The Grand Duke's Finances) (1924)
• Herr Tartüff (1926)
• Faust (1926)
• Sunrise (1927)
• Four Devils (1928)
• City Girl (1930)
• Tabu (1931)

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External links

• http://internettrash.com/users/murnau/murneng.htm
• F.W. Murnau (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003638/) at the Internet Movie Database