“Nosferatu” began its undead life in 1922 as a silent, unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel “Dracula.” But F.W. Murnau’s film, subtitled “A Symphony of Horror,” soon ...

F. W. Murnau’s horror classic, Nosferatu, was an unauthorized telling of Dracula that almost had all of its negatives destroyed due to copyright infringement. One reel was saved, and the 1922 ...