Shadow of the Vampire
A desperate filmmaker races to complete his groundbreaking horror masterpiece, only to discover his enigmatic star may be an actual vampire threatening everyone on set.
“An unspeakable horror. A creative genius. Captured for eternity.”
Synopsis
F.W. Murnau cast a vampire to star in his 1922 film *Nosferatu*.
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Principal cast & crew: 34
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Chris WyattShot by Lou BogueScored by Dan JonesDesigned by Assheton Gorton
Box Office
2000 · Box office
⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.0× its budget
Why 2.5×?
Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).
Worldwide gross
$8.3M
Also known as
- La sombra del vampiroes
- L'Ombre du vampirefr
- L'ombra del vampiroit
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Cast & Crew
34 unique people credited
Top billed cast
John Malkovich
as Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Willem Dafoe
as Max Schreck
Udo Kier
as Albin Grau
Cary Elwes
as Fritz Arno Wagner
Catherine Mccormack
as Greta Schröder
Eddie Izzard
as Gustav von Wangenheim
Suzy Eddie Izzard
as Gustav von Wangenhein
Aden Gillett
as Henrik Galeen
Nicholas Elliott
as Paul - Camera Assistant
Ronan Vibert
as Wolfgang Muller
Sophie Langevin
as Elke - Makeup Assistant
Myriam Muller
as Maria
Supporting cast
13Milos Hlavac
as Innkeeper
Marja Leena Junker
as Innkeeper's Wife
Derek Kueter
as Reporter 1
Norman Golightly
as Reporter 2
Patrick Hastert
as Reporter 3
Sascha Ley
as Drunken Woman
Marie Paule Von Roesgen
as Old Woman
Jean Claude Croes
as Murnau’s Crew
Christophe Chrompin
as Murnau’s Crew
Graham Johnston
as Murnau’s Crew
Orian Williams
as Murnau's Crew
Ingeborga Dapkunaite
as Micheline (uncredited)
Radica Jovicic
as Murnau's Crew (uncredited)
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1Writers
1Producers
2Other crew
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