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F. W. Murnau

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Born January 1, 1888
Died January 1, 1931 (43 years old)
Bielefeld, Germany
Also known as: Friedrich Murnau, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
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German film director of the silent era. Although some of Murnau's films have been lost, most still survive.

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Tabu

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Filmed in Tahiti and Bora-Bora in 1928-29, Tabu is the story of the consecration of a maiden to the gods, who is, as a result, forbidden to all men. Unfortunately, she and a young fisherman fall in love and must flee their homeland.

Nosferatu

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Rather than depict Dracula as a shape-shifting monster or debonair gentleman, Murnau's Graf Orlok is a nightmarish, spidery creature with a bulbous head and taloned claws.

The haunted castle

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When the Stein's are shown a rundown castle complete with ghosts and goblins, they indicate it is the "house of their nightmares" and take it.