The Nosferatu Window

Nosferatu-Fenster / The Nosferatu Window


Events & Cooperations


Several scenes from the horror classic “Nosferatu” by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau were shot in the early 1920s in northern Germany. Among the filming locations was Lübeck, with actors from the city’s municipal theatre playing parts in the silent about the count from Transylvania. Year after year, film fans make the pilgrimage to the historic salt storage building on the Obertrave, where Nosferatu took up residence to watch his next victim. The close-up of the vampire in the window is legendary. With this year-round installation, visitors can experience one of the best-known scenes in cinema history at the site of its creation.

From Wednesday, Nov. 1,
through Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023
Every day beginning when darkness descends Lübecker Salzspeicher, An der Obertrave / Holstenstrasse, directly adjacent to Holsten Gate.

Concept and realisation: Hank Irwin Kittel
With the support of the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation, Heick & Schmaltz GmbH, and the Lübeck municipal cultural office.


Screenings

No screenings are scheduled for this film.