CONTENTS

Preface by E. Elias Merhige

Introduction

Film Synopsis

Chapter 1: Contexts

1.1 The political and social contexts of the Weimar Republic

1.2 The Weimar cinematographic industry

1.3 The German Expressionist movement

1.4 The stylistic traits of Expressionist cinema

Chapter 2: Bringing the Undead to Life

2.1 The film’s crew

2.2 Production and reception

2.3 Controversy and legal action

2.4 From the page to the screen

Chapter 3: Reading the Vampire

3.1 The film on DVD

3.2 Reading Nosferatu as a ‘complex discovery plot’

Chapter 4: Signs and Meanings

4.1 Nosferatu’s style and form

4.2 Interpretations

Chapter 5: Nosferatu’s Afterlives

5.1 Between tribute and alienation: Herzog’s Nosferatu. Phantom der Nacht

5.2 The artist as despot: Merhige’s Shadow of the Vampire

Appendix: Interview with E. Elias Merhige

Notes

Bibliography