Directed by E. Elias Merhige Written by Steven Katz   Cast John Malkovich ... Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Willem Dafoe ... Max Schreck Udo Kier ... Albin Grau Cary Elwes ... Fritz Arno Wagner Catherine McCormack ... Greta Schröder Eddie Izzard ... Gustav von Wangenheim Aden Gillett ... Henrik Galeen (as John Aden Gillet) Nicholas Elliott ... Paul - Camera Assistant (as Nicholas Elliot) Ronan Vibert ... Wolfgang Muller Sophie Langevin ... Elke - Makeup Assistant Myriam Muller ... Maria - Script Assistant Milos Hlavac ... Innkeeper (as Milos Hlavak) Marja-Leena Junker ... Innkeeper's Wife Derek Kueter ... Reporter 1 Norman Golightly ... Reporter 2 Patrick Hastert ... Reporter 3 Sascha Ley ... Drunken Woman (as Sacha Ley) Marie-Paule von Roesgen ... Old Woman (as Marie Paule Van Roesgen) Jean-Claude Croes ... Murnau's Crew (as Jean Claude Croes) Christophe Chrompin ... Murnau's Crew (as Christophe Crompin) Graham Johnston ... Murnau's Crew Orian Williams ... Murnau's Crew Uncredited Cast Ingeborga Dapkunaite ... Micheline Radica Vujicin ... Murnau's Crew Produced by Paul Brooks   Nicolas Cage   Jimmy de Brabant   Norman Golightly   Alan Howden   Richard Johns   Jeff Levine   Jean-Claude Schlim   Orian Williams   Original Music by Dan Jones

Additional Info Premiere: May 15, 2000 Theatrical Release: December 29, 2000 DVD Release: May 29, 2001 Countries: Distributor: Lions Gate Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Saturn Films (presents) Long Shot Pictures (producer) (as Long Shot Films) BBC Film (in association with) Delux Productions (in association with) Luxembourg Film Fund (produced in association with) (as Film Fund Luxembourg) Pilgrim Films Ltd. (produced in association with) Distributors Lionsgate Films   (2000-2003) (World-wide) (theatrical) (world sales) Universal Studios Home Video   (2001) (USA) (DVD) Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment   (2003) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.9 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,580 / 20,725 Site Ranking #2,576 Being The Ricardos (2021) #2,577 Joey: Season 1 (2004) #2,578 Joey: Season 2 (2005) #2,579 The Loved Ones (2009) #2,580 Shadow Of The Vampire (2000) #2,581 Another 48 Hrs. (1990) #2,582 Man Bites Dog (1992) #2,583 13 (2010) #2,584 And Then There Were None (2015)