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

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

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

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 ...

Max Schreck himself became a cult figure because he was unrecognizable, despite featuring in many other films and stage plays, to the point where his name is entirely associated with Nosferatu today.

The earlier film showcases Murnau’s already fluid camerawork, particularly his command of shadow play and low angles that made the 6-foot-3 Schreck seem like a force of otherworldly evil.