Recently restored by the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation in Germany, Nosferatu returns to the cinema accompanied by its original score.

The plot concerns Jonathan Harker, a real estate clerk from the town of Wisborg, who is sent by his greedy employer into Transylvania to finalise an opportunistic business deal.

Once there, Harker encounters the otherworldly Count Orlok (immortally embodied with chilling physicality by Max Shreck), and, while given every reason to be suspicious of Orlok’s manner and motives, sells him a house opposite Harker’s own. Inspired by a photo he sees of Harker’s love, Orlok makes his way to Wisborg, his arrival coinciding with a plague of deaths causing panic in the town.

Nosferatu is one of the most enduring films of the silent era, a classic example of German expressionist cinema, and hugely influential on the horror genre and beyond.

VISIONS OF EUROPE: From 8-21 April, QFT celebrates the breadth of vision of European cinema, and bids a fond farewell to Europa Cinemas, with a season of 21 handpicked films. Explore the full season here.

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