Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."
Top billed cast
John MalkovichF. W. Murnau
Willem DafoeMax Schreck
Udo KierAlbin Grau
Cary ElwesFritz Arno Wagner
Catherine McCormackGreta Schröder
Eddie IzzardGustav von Wangenhein
Aden GillettHenrik Galeen
Nicholas ElliottPaul
Ronan VibertWolfgang Müller
Sophie LangevinElke
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