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Nosferatu.
A Symphony of Horror.
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After the novel Dracula
by Bram Stoker.
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Freely adapted by
Henrik Galeen.
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Direction:
F. W. Murnau.
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Costumes and Sets:
Albin Grau.
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Photography:
F. A. Wagner.
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Music:
Hans Erdmann.
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Cast:
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Count Orlok:
Max Schreck
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Hutter:
Gustav v. Wangenheim
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Ellen, his wife:
Greta Schroeder
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Harding, a shipowner:
G. H. Schnell
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Ruth, his sister:
Ruth Landshoff
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Professor Sievers, the town doctor:
Gustav Botz
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Knock, a property agent:
Alexander Granach
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Professor Bulwer, a Paracelsian:
John Gottowt
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A Captain:
Max Nemetz
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1st Sailor:
Wolfgang Heinz
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2nd Sailor:
Albert Venohr
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1st Act.
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<i>Chronicle of the Great Death
in Wisborg</i>
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<i>anno Domini 1838,
by...</i>
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<i>NOSFERATU</i>
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<i>Does this word not sound to you
like the midnight cry of the Deathbird.</i>
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<i>Take care in saying it,</i>
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<i>lest life's images fade into shadows,
and ghostly dreams rise from</i>
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<i>your heart and nourish themselves
on your blood.</i>
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<i>Long have I contemplated
the origin and recession</i>
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<i>of the Great Death
in my hometown of Wisborg.</i>
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<i>Here is its story:</i>
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<i>There lived in Wisborg
Hutter and his young wife Ellen</i>
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Why did you kill them...
the lovely flowers...?!
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Not so fast, my young friend!
No-one outruns his destiny.
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<i>There was also a property agent
by the name of Knock—</i>
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<i>the subject of all
sorts of rumours.</i>
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<i>One thing was certain:
he paid his people well</i>
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Count Orlok — His Lordship...
from Transylvania...
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wishes to acquire a beautiful
home in our little town...
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You could earn a nice
bit of money...
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...of course the price is
a little effort... some sweat
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and perhaps...
a little blood...
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He wants a fine,
deserted house...
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That house...
directly across from yours.
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Offer him that one!
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Travel quickly, travel well,
my young friend,
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into the land of the spectres.
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I'm travelling far,
far away
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into the land of thieves
and spectres.
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<i>So Hutter placed the anguished girl
in the care of his friends,</i>
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<i>the rich shipowner Harding
and his sister</i>
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Be at ease.
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<i>and young Hutter travelled
many dusty roads,</i>
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<i>but at last the peaks
of the Carpathians</i>
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<i>loomed before him.</i>
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<i>The horses strained harder</i>
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Quickly... something to eat —
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I have to get to
Count Orlok's castle!
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You shouldn't go any further now;
the Werewolf roams the woods.
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<i>Of Vampyres
Gastlie Spirits, Bewitchments</i>
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<i>and the Seven Deadlie Sins</i>
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<i>From Belial's seed sprang
the vampyre NOSFERATU,</i>
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<i>who doth live and feed
on the bloode of humankind —</i>
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<i>Beyonde deliverance he doth
dwell in gastlie caves,</i>
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<i>sepulchres and coffins,
filled so with god-curst earth</i>
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<i>from the fields
of the Black Death</i>
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<i>Of Vampyres
Gastlie Spirits, Bewitchments</i>
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<i>and the Seven Deadlie Sins</i>
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Onward!
The sun is setting!
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Offer what you like!
We're not going any further!
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We won't go on!
It's frightening beyond the pass!
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<i>No sooner had Hutter
stepped across the bridge,</i>
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<i>than the eerie visions
he had often told me about</i>
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<i>seized hold of him.</i>
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You have kept me waiting —
waiting too long. —
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Now it is nearly midnight.
The servants are sleeping!
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End of the 1st Act.
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<i>Nosferatu</i>
2nd Act.
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You have hurt yourself...
Precious blood!
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Shouldn't we like to sit
together a bit, dear friend?
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It is a while still till sunrise —
and in the daytime I sleep,
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my dear fellow, I sleep
the deepest of sleeps —
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<i>Just as the sun rose,</i>
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<i>the shadows of the night
withdrew from Hutter as well</i>
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<i>My dear! My dearest!</i>
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<i>Grieve not that thy beloved
is so far away</i>
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<i>I am plagued by mosquitoes.</i>
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<i>I already have two bites
on my throat,</i>
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<i>one quite near the other,
on each side</i>
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<i>One dreams so heavily
in this desolate castle,</i>
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<i>but fear not.</i>
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<i>The spectral evening light
seemed to revive the shadows</i>
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<i>of the castle once more</i>
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Your wife has a lovely neck...
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I shall buy the house...
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The fine, deserted house
opposite yours...
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<i>At night this same Nosferatu
doth clutch his victim</i>
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<i>and doth suck like hellish
life-potion its blood.</i>
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<i>Take heede that his shadow
not encumber thee</i>
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<i>like an incubus with
gruesome dreams</i>
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<i>At the same hour.</i>
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A doctor... a doctor!
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Harmless congestions
of the blood.
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<i>The doctor related
Ellen's distress to me</i>
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<i>as an unknown illness.</i>
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<i>I know, however, that
her soul that night</i>
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<i>caught the cry of
the Deathbird —</i>
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<i>Nosferatu was already
spreading his wings. —</i>
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<i>Yet with the morning light
Hutter set out</i>
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<i>to make sense of
the horror of his nights. —</i>
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<i>The raftsmen didn't know
what kind of unholy cargo</i>
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<i>they were conveying
through the dale.</i>
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End of the 2nd Act.
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<i>Nosferatu</i>
3rd Act.
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He was brought to the hospital
yesterday by some farmers.
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They said he must have
fallen. He's still feverish...
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Coffins —
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<i>Nosferatu was on his way.
The danger for Wisborg drew nigh.</i>
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<i>The Paracelsian
Professor Bulwer,</i>
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<i>who at that time was
studying the secrets of nature</i>
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<i>and their deepest
unifying principles,</i>
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<i>told me the following:</i>
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<i>Earth-filled coffins
were to be loaded</i>
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<i>onto the double-masted
ship, the Empusa</i>
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The vessel's still set
for sail tonight.
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<i>Bill of Lading:
EMPUSA</i>
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<i>Route: from GALAZ
to WISBORG</i>
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<i>Cargo: 6 crates of earth
(experimental purposes)</i>
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<i>In those days, I should note,
Prof. Bulwer was explaining</i>
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<i>to his students the cruel habits
of carnivorous plants.</i>
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<i>They observed in horror
nature's mysterious ways.</i>
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Like a vampire — isn't it?
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<i>It seems that the approach
of the strangler, Nosferatu,</i>
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<i>already compelled the
property agent Knock</i>
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<i>into his shadow.</i>
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The patient admitted
yesterday is going mad...
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Blood is life!
Blood is life!!!!
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And this one here...
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...a polyp with tentacles...
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...transparent...
almost incorporeal...
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...almost but a phantom...
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Spiders...!
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<i>Ellen was often seen
on the beach</i>
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<i>within the solitude
of the dunes.</i>
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<i>Yearning for her beloved,</i>
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<i>her eyes scanned
waves and distance alike.</i>
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<i>My dear! My dearest!</i>
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<i>Grieve not that thy beloved
is so far away</i>
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<i>I am plagued by mosquitoes.</i>
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<i>I already have two bites
on my throat,</i>
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<i>one quite near the other,
on each side</i>
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<i>One dreams so heavily
in this desolate castle,</i>
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<i>but fear not.</i>
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No I must go...
by the shortest route home!!!
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<i>PLAGUE. A plague epidemic
has broken out</i>
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<i>in Transylvania and
the Black Sea ports</i>
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<i>of Varna and Galaz.</i>
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<i>All victims exhibit the same
peculiar stigmata on the neck,</i>
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<i>the origin of which still
puzzles the doctors.</i>
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<i>The Dardanelles were
closed to all ships</i>
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<i>suspected of carrying
the plague.</i>
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A sailor's fallen ill below deck.
He's delirious.
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<i>It spread through the ship
like an epidemic.</i>
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<i>The first stricken sailor
pulled the entire crew</i>
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<i>after him into the dark
grave of the waves.</i>
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<i>In the light of the sinking sun,</i>
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<i>the captain and ship's mate</i>
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<i>bid farewell to the last
of their comrades.</i>
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I'm going below!!! If I'm
not back up in ten minutes...
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<i>The ship of death had
acquired its new captain.</i>
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End of the 3rd Act.
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<i>Nosferatu</i>
4th Act.
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<i>It's quite difficult to say how,
despite his depleted strength,</i>
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<i>young Hutter succeeded
in surmounting the obstacles</i>
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<i>on his voyage home —
—meanwhile, Nosferatu's</i>
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<i>deadly breath
swelled the sails of the ship,</i>
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<i>which flew on toward its
destination with ghostly haste.</i>
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I must go to him.
He's coming!!!
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The master is near...
The master is near...!
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<i>Long have I pondered
why Nosferatu was said</i>
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<i>to have travelled with
earth-filled coffins.</i>
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<i>I found it recorded
that vampyres</i>
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<i>can only draw their
shadowy strength</i>
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<i>from the accursed earth</i>
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<i>in which they were buried.</i>
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Thank God... you're safe...
All's well now...
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Looked over everything...
Not a living soul on board.
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<i>Varna — 12 July</i>
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<i>Crew — minus myself as captain:
one helmsman;</i>
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<i>one ship's mate;
five sailors</i>
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<i>Second day — 13 July
one sailor ill with fever</i>
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<i>Course: SSW
Wind: NE</i>
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<i>Third day — 14 July
ship's mate is babbling</i>
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<i>claims strange passenger
is below deck</i>
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<i>Course: SE
Wind: NE</i>
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<i>Tenth day — 22 July</i>
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<i>rats in ship's hold
danger of plague</i>
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Danger of plague!!
Go home!
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Shut all windows
and doors!
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<i>PROCLAMATION</i>
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<i>It is hereby decreed that
the honourable magistrate</i>
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<i>of this town forbids
the populace to transport</i>
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<i>the ill or plague-stricken
to the hospital,</i>
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<i>lest the plague
spread through the streets.</i>
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End of the 4th Act.
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<i>Nosferatu</i>
5th Act.
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<i>Hutter made Ellen swear
not to touch the book</i>
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<i>which had frightened him
with its visions. —</i>
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<i>Yet she could not resist
its bizarre attraction.</i>
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<i>At night this same Nosferatu
doth clutch his victim</i>
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<i>and doth suck like hellish
life-potion its blood.</i>
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<i>Take heede that his shadow
not encumber thee</i>
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<i>like an incubus with
gruesome dreams</i>
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<i>Wherefore no other
salvation is possible,</i>
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<i>but that a maiden
wholly without sin</i>
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<i>maketh the Vampyre forget
the first crow of the cock.</i>
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<i>Would that she give
freely of her blood</i>
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This is what I see —
each evening...!!!
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<i>Fear lurked in every
corner of the town.</i>
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<i>Who was still well?
Who already ill?</i>
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I'll run over there quickly...
I'll fetch Sievers...
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<i>Wherefore no other
salvation is possible,</i>
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<i>but that a maiden
wholly without sin</i>
223
01:20:29,616 --> 01:20:36,289
<i>maketh the Vampyre forget
the first crow of the cock.</i>
224
01:20:36,414 --> 01:20:43,421
<i>Would that she give
freely of her blood</i>
225
01:20:51,471 --> 01:20:56,226
<i>The panic-stricken town
was looking for a victim:</i>
226
01:20:56,351 --> 01:20:59,604
<i>it was Knock.</i>
227
01:21:08,863 --> 01:21:13,034
Someone saw him!
He ran outside!
228
01:21:13,159 --> 01:21:16,454
He strangled
the custodian...
229
01:21:25,004 --> 01:21:29,050
He strangled him...
the vampire!
230
01:22:37,243 --> 01:22:40,872
<i>I LOVE YOU</i>
231
01:26:15,378 --> 01:26:17,880
Bulwer!
Fetch Bulwer!
232
01:28:09,742 --> 01:28:13,996
Knock has been captured!
233
01:28:54,662 --> 01:28:58,374
The master... the master...!
234
01:30:10,196 --> 01:30:13,908
The master... is... dead.
235
01:31:29,108 --> 01:31:31,861
<i>witness the miracle
on the heels of the truth:</i>
236
01:31:31,986 --> 01:31:33,988
<i>at that very hour,</i>
237
01:31:34,113 --> 01:31:38,326
<i>the Great Death came to an end,
and as if confronted</i>
238
01:31:38,451 --> 01:31:41,829
<i>by the victorious radiance
of the living sun,</i>
239
01:31:41,954 --> 01:31:45,082
<i>the shadow of the Deathbird
was dispersed.</i>
240
01:31:52,757 --> 01:31:58,596
<i>End.</i>
