It takes courage to remake such an all time classic as Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's "Nosferatu" (1922).
The film from Murnau was based on Bram Stokers Dracula, but changes were made to evade copy rights. Werner Herzog maintains the changes in the story line but restores the original name of his main character. To make things a little bit confusing, Nosferatu is still part of the title of the film regardless of the different name of the main character.
Where Herzog follows the storyline of "Nosferatu" quite faithfully, he does put other accents regarding the personality of his main characters. His Dracula (Klaus Kinski) is a much more tragic and lonely figure than Murnau's Nosferatu. Lucy Harker (Isabelle Adjani) on the other hand is much more active. In her relation with Deacula she is not solely a victim but takes the lead and seduces Dracula in an attempt to entrap him.
In summary, Werner Herzog has made a good film in which he puts certain accents differently, but all in all the changes are not drastic enough to justify a remake. I do like the original better.
The film from Murnau was based on Bram Stokers Dracula, but changes were made to evade copy rights. Werner Herzog maintains the changes in the story line but restores the original name of his main character. To make things a little bit confusing, Nosferatu is still part of the title of the film regardless of the different name of the main character.
Where Herzog follows the storyline of "Nosferatu" quite faithfully, he does put other accents regarding the personality of his main characters. His Dracula (Klaus Kinski) is a much more tragic and lonely figure than Murnau's Nosferatu. Lucy Harker (Isabelle Adjani) on the other hand is much more active. In her relation with Deacula she is not solely a victim but takes the lead and seduces Dracula in an attempt to entrap him.
In summary, Werner Herzog has made a good film in which he puts certain accents differently, but all in all the changes are not drastic enough to justify a remake. I do like the original better.