A 1922 review of Nosferatu in the Vossische Zeitung

7 March 1922 · Vossische Zeitung

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Bram Stoker Estate account · Original source: German

Estate summary

The reviewer, signing “ej.”, presents Nosferatu as a distinctly cinematic work, describing its spectral movement, carefully composed settings and Max Schreck’s vampire. The notice also considers the performers, the tragic love story and Hans Erdmann’s music, in an immediate response to the Berlin presentation.

Source notes and excerpts

The source is a German transcription supplied by filmportal.de, the German film-information portal, citing Vossische Zeitung, no. 111, 7 March 1922. This English account is an Estate summary, not a complete translation. The initials “ej.” are retained without expanding them to an unverified author.

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The Vossische Zeitung building, illustrated in its 1904 jubilee volume. — Contextual illustration: The Vossische Zeitung premises, Breite Straße, Berlin, from Arend Buchholtz’s 1904 jubilee volume. This illustrates the subject; it is not identified as an image printed with the original article.Arend Buchholtz, Die Vossische Zeitung, Reichsdruckerei, Berlin, 1904; via Wikimedia Commons. Artist not established.