A new edition of Giesen’s Nosferatu Story will be published next year, and a biography of the actor, Max Schreck: Gespenstertheater (Ghost Theater), was published by author Stefan Eickhoff in 2009.

He has nearly 50 film credits to his name, but Max Schreck is only remembered for one thing. In 1922, he appeared as the hook-nosed, claw-handed Count Orlok in Nosferatu.

Max Schreck. Schreck is described in “Shadow of the Vampire” as “an actor of no distinction.” In reality, he made 20 films before his death of a heart attack in 1936 at age 57.

Max Schreck's vampire in F.W. Murnau's 1922 "Nosferatu" is one of the most iconic actor transformations and horror movie ...

Max Schreck plays Orlok like a living shadow: He twists and contorts, slowly creeping from corners and adopting an eerie, supernatural approach.

Max Schreck, Nosferatu (1922) With more than 100 years of cultural legacy to consider, it's still pretty remarkable to ...

Max Schreck in Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) film arts guild. German actor Max Schreck starred in quite a few films after Nosferatu, but there was ever only one role he was inextricably ...

As Max Schreck, Willem Dafoe Sinks His Teeth In Dafoe has given some of the most riveting performances of the last couple of decades. With Shadow of the Vampire, he adds one mre to the list.