His fiendishly frightening performance as Graf Orlock in F.W.Murnau's silent horror masterpiece Nosferatu earned Maximillian Schreck legendary status in horror film history. The movie was made without legal compensation to Dracula author Bram Stoker's estate-recognizing the obvious similiarity to his story, Stoker's widow filed an injunction to prevent the film's distribution in North America.
However, at least one bootleg print made it to these shores, and the film's iconic status was assured...fortuneately for fans of terror.Viewing this film on television as a child with my older brother was a truly frightening and memorable experience; the film has been released often recently on DVD; I have a copy with a rather poor synth-pop music track which really spoils the effect.
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