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Jonathan Harker brings Count Dracula to plague-stricken Wismar, where his wife Lucy confronts the vampire's sorrowful hunger.

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Jonathan Harker travels from Wismar to Transylvania to arrange Count Dracula's purchase of a local property. Dracula sees a photograph of Jonathan's wife Lucy and departs by ship, carrying coffins and rats toward a town unprepared for plague.

Why it belongs

Werner Herzog transforms Dracula into a desolate figure amid rat-filled streets, pale landscapes, Popol Vuh, and Kinski's painfully inhuman stillness.

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Klaus Kinski makes hunger look eternal, lonely, and bodily repellent. Mountain approaches, empty squares, coffins, thousands of rats, white makeup, long fingernails, and Popol Vuh's music create apocalyptic melancholy.

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No verified wins in this six-institution crosswalk.

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Sight & Sound—IMDb Top 250—AFI 100—
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Great Cinema Master List scores

Greatness8.8
Engagement8.7
Ease8.0

German · PG
Narrative Feature
Mood: Dark & Intense