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Film review: Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)

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Back at the onset of lockdown two years ago, when the film binge choice in our house ranged from Peter Rabbit and The Sound of Music to Mean Girls and Cars 2, I opted for motion pictures of a different nature.  YouTube was and is stacked with some silent classics, albeit of varying quality yet with much intrigue and some mystique, so it would've been rude not to make the most of the freebies available. The German Dracula interpretation known as 'Nosferatu' was the first of a fair view I indulged in. Set between 19th-century Wisborg and Transylvania, estate agent John Hutter is tasked with visiting Count Orlak at his castle as selling him a house essentially across the road from his own.  Upon closing the sale, the vampire notices his young wife Ellen, by way of a photograph and begins to prey on her, with Hutter becoming a temporary prisoner and unwittingly aiding his passionate pursuit. In the process of travelling via a chartered ship to Wisborg (a fictional town), and i