Phantoms of the Night: 100 Years of Nosferatu

The exhibition "Phantoms of the Night. 100 Years of Nosferatu" at the Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg focuses on the influence of Nosferaut, this icon of German silent film, on the visual arts.

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  • Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Nosferatu, Film Still, 1922
    © Deutsche Kinemathek

    Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Nosferatu, Film Still, 1922

  • Alfred Kubin, Der Sauger, Detail, um 1903
    © Eberhard Spangenberg, München / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

    Alfred Kubin, Der Sauger, Detail, um 1903

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Nosferatu, Film Still, 1922
    © Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden

    Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Nosferatu, Film Still, 1922

  • Albin Grau, Entwurf Filmplakat Nosferatu, Detail, 1921
    © Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Trogen (CH)

    Albin Grau, Entwurf Filmplakat Nosferatu, Detail, 1921

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Nosferatu, Film Still, 1922
    © Deutsche Kinemathek

    Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Nosferatu, Film Still, 1922

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Nosferatu, Film Still, 1922
    © Deutsche Kinemathek

    Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Nosferatu, Film Still, 1922

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Nosferatu, Film Still, 1922
    © Deutsche Kinemathek

    Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Nosferatu, Film Still, 1922

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Nosferatu, Film Still, 1922
    © Deutsche Kinemathek

    Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Nosferatu, Film Still, 1922

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s silent movie "Nosferatu – A Symphony of Horror" premiered in 1922 in the marble hall of the Berlin Zoo, and has since been well and truly absorbed into popular culture, featuring in everything from horror films to The Simpsons. For numerous artists, including many of the Surrealists, Nosferatu was a key reference point. Conversely, the film would be unthinkable without its art-historical precedents. The sketches for the set design, for example, include motifs that call to mind etchings by Francisco de Goya and reflect tropes from the fantastical art and literature of the early 20th century. Other influences that can be identified come from Caspar David Friedrich, as well as from the work of Alfred Kubin, Stefan Eggeler and Franz Sedlacek.

A special exhibition of the Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Runtime: Fri, 16/12/2022 to Sun, 23/04/2023

Price info: Phantoms. Phantoms of the Night 100 Years of Nosferatu + Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg

Price: €12.00

Reduced price: €6.00

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