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F. W. Murnau

F. W. Murnau

Born: December 28, 1888
Died: March 11, 1931
in Bielefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Friedrich Wilhelm “F. W.” Murnau (December 28, 1888 – March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s. Although some of Murnau’s films have been lost, most still survive. While the horror film Nosferatu (1922) is his most famous work, the romantic melodrama Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) is his critically most acclaimed; the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll named it the fifth-best film in the history of motion pictures. Murnau's characteristics are an atmospheric imagery and an innovative use of camera movement. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States.

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Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Title: Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Character: Himself (archival footage) (uncredited)
Released: December 9, 2008
Type: Movie
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Documentary focusing on the film careers F.W. Murnau, Frank Borzage and William Fox and their impact on the history of cinema.
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The Way to Murnau
Title: The Way to Murnau
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: February 17, 2003
Type: Movie
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A documentary on the life and films of F.W. Murnau
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Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
Title: Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: November 26, 2002
Type: Movie
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The Movie City of Hollywood
Title: The Movie City of Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: November 18, 1928
Type: Movie
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German documentary about Hollywood
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Title: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Released: November 4, 1927
Type: Movie
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A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
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The Film in the Film
Title: The Film in the Film
Character: Himself
Released: June 26, 1924
Type: Movie
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The only surviving excerpt of a documentary on film production in Weimar Germany, featuring the different personalities of several famous directors of the era at work on the set including Fritz Lang, Robert Wiene, and E.A. Dupont.
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