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released in 2020, 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. Murnau Properties was the shell company owned by vampires, whose plan was to take over the Bronx via property
863:, also served in the war but was killed on the eastern front in 1915. This had a profound effect on Murnau, who drew from the horrors of loss, sacrifice and the violence of war in his film work. It was Ehrenbaum who introduced Murnau to the work of expressionists such as
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lawsuit. Apart from awarding damages, the court ordered also all existing prints of the film to be destroyed. However, one copy had already been distributed globally. This print, which has been duplicated time and again by a
638:. The film introduced the subjective point of view camera, where the camera "sees" from the eyes of a character and uses visual style to convey a character's psychological state. It also anticipated the
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into vampires to preserve their beauty. Valentino later transforms his fictional lover, Elizabeth
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for this and two other films that year; afterward, each award was limited to work in a single film. In spite of this, Murnau was financially well off, and purchased a farm in
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in 1931. Flaherty left after artistic disputes with Murnau, who had to finish the movie himself. The movie was censored in the United States for its images of bare-breasted
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Frederick Wilhelm Murnau, held on March 11, 1931 in Santa Barbara, California. Santa Barbara Superior Court. Case number 1195.
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painting. He explored the theme of dual personalities, much like
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women. The film was originally shot by cinematographer
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movement in its subject matter. The film also used the "
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1618:"Votes for Sunrise A Song of Two Humans (1927)"
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2276:(3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc.
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2070:"Tabu: A Story of the South Seas"
1973:A critical history of German film
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1940:"THE BOOTLEG FILES: "NOSFERATU""
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1996:Isenberg, Noah (2009).
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155:German Expressionism
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1352:Comedy of the Heart
1277:Der brennende Acker
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2437:"F.W.M.–Symphonie"
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1671:"Plumpe, Heinrich"
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2007:978-0-231-13054-7
1982:978-1-57113-468-4
1919:on March 15, 2018
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1778:978-0-7864-5763-2
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