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F. W. Murnau
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau was a German film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is regarded as one of cinema's most influential filmmakers for his work in the silent era.
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entertainment · German film director (1888–1931) · film director · screenwriter · film producer · director · actor · also F. W. Murnau, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe, Friedrich Murnau, F.W. Murnau, F W Murnau
Born 28 December 1888 · Died 11 March 1931 · Q55412
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Yahoo: F.W. Murnau’s Silent Classic ‘Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans’ Opens Italy’s Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival With Definitive Restoration and Live Orchestra
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2026· 2 entries
Yahoo: F.W. Murnau’s Silent Classic ‘Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans’ Opens Italy’s Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival With Definitive Restoration and Live Orchestra
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2025· 1 entry
Forbes: ‘Nosferatu’ Director On Realizing Vision F.W. Murnau Couldn’t In 1922
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2020· 1 entry
Homage is paid to Murnau by making reference to him in the film via a company named "Murnau Properties," whose logo was the woodcutting view of Vlad the Impaler
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2015· 2 entries
IndieWire: Criticwire Classic of the Week: F.W. Murnau’s ‘Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror’
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Becomes the anchor of a narrative which splices fictional and historical identities
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2013· 1 entry
The Film Stage: Giveaway: Win a Deluxe Remastered Edition Blu-ray of F.W. Murnau’s ‘Nosferatu’
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2011· 1 entry
At Medienwissenschaft: Berichte und Papiere (Media Studies: Reports and Papers)
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1931· 1 entry
Died 1931-03-11.
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1927· 1 entry
In late 1927, Murnau convinced Rollins to pose nude, with the pool and garden of the Wolf's Lair in Hollywood serving as the backdrop.
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1926· 2 entries
Where he joined the Fox Studio and made three films: Sunrise (1927), 4 Devils (1928) and City Girl (1930)
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Where he joined the Fox Studio and made Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), a movie often cited by scholars as one of the greatest of all time
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1919· 1 entry
But he did not attain international recognition until the 1922 film Nosferatu, an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula
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1916· 1 entry
Murnau joined the German air force as a radio operator in 1916.
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1888· 1 entry
Born 1888-12-28.
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