John Malkovich

Willem Dafoe

Udo Kier

Cary Elwes

Catherine McCormack

Suzy Eddie Izzard

Aden Gillett

Nicholas Elliott

Ronan Vibert

Sophie Langevin

Myriam Muller

Miloš Hlaváč

Marja-Leena Junker

Derek Kueter

Norman Golightly

Patrick Hastert

Sascha Ley

Marie-Paule von Roesgen

Jean-Claude Croes

Christophe Chrompin

Graham Johnston

Orian Williams

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė

Radica Jovicic

E. Elias Merhige

Dan Jones

Chris Wyatt

Steven Katz

Nicolas Cage

Jamie Christopher

Assheton Gorton

Katja Reinert-Alexis

Paul Biwer

Glen Parsons

Nigel Heath

Julian Murray

Anthony Cleal

Rick Wiessenhaan

Arthur Graley

Bernard Brégier

Ann Buchanan

Caryne Portevin

Claude Ludovicy

Chris Bradley

Amber Sibley

Jean-Claude Schlim

Emmanuel Frideritzi

Mark Stibbs

Francoise Van Den Bruck

Carl Proctor

Olivier Struye

Leendert van Nimwegen

Edward Brett

Christopher Prins

Jeff Levine

Lou Bogue

Stephen Barker

Julian Slater

Jean-Paul Kieffer

Pauline Fowler

Carlo Thoss

Michael A. Carter

Caroline de Vivaise

Mike Fox

Richard Johns

Danuta Skarszewska

Jimmy de Brabant

Paul Brooks

Alan Howden

Laurence Rexter-Baker

Lydia Gonzalez

Sophie Van Neste

Beatrice Pettovich

Fredo Roeser

David Tondeur

Jako Raybaut

Richard Bevan

Rosie Hardwick

Kirsten Garbade

Christina Schaffer

Fabrice Spelta

Colin Gilder

Jill Robertson Kibbey

Betty Durst

Otfried Suppin

Véronique Souques

Vincent Schilder

Dan Urbin

Tiffany Rodenfels

Nicholas de Maere

Edouard Pallardy

Patricia Saalburg

Françoise Meyer

Aleksandra Valozic

Stephanie Zawadzki

Isabelle Constantini

Marlyss Hupertz

Jack White

Pierre Dermience

Antoine Ducep

Guillaume De Esteban

Ernst Holtsch

Armand Buchy

Marco Decker

Gérard Buffard

Pascal Delaunay

Marco Pierre Del Zotto

Philippe Lebreton

Nicolas de Pruyssenaere

Christophe Galeota

Carrie O'Brien

Valérie Schiel

James Feltham

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Shadow of the Vampire

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Did I kill one of your people, Murnau? I can't remember.

F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) is filming Nosferatu (1922), but isn't reclusive star Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe) taking his role of the vampire way too seriously?

In some ways it's a curate's egg of a film. It certainly helps if you are a lover of old classic film and have some knowledge of the source material at the film's core. It's a fabulous concept that the screenplay is based around, that the star of the film may actually be a real vampire, and the whole production is executed with consummate skill (Dafoe was deservedly Oscar nominated as were make-up artists Ann Buchanan & Amber Sibley). But come the end it fizzles out and proves to not have delivered on its devilishly intriguing premise. Fun, though, and tech credits all round keep one well involved. 6/10

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Shadow of The Vampire (2000) Official Trailer