german des vampire dream grey german pronunciation german french horror film directed danish director film written based elements collection supernatural stories glass funded starred film non professional cast plays role student enters village curse vampire challenging sound film recorded languages overcome little dialogue film story told silent film styled title cards film shot entirely location enhance atmospheric content opted washed soft focus photographic technique audio editing berlin character voices sound effects score added film delayed release germany opened generally negative reception audiences critics edited film german premiere opened mixed opinions french debut film long considered low point career modern critical reception film favorable critics praising film visual effects atmosphere plot late evening arrives inn close village room sleep gray awakened suddenly old man enters room leaves square gray table opened death written wrapping paper gray takes package walks outside shadows guide old castle sees shadows dancing wandering gray sees elderly woman encounters old man gray leaves castle walks manor looking windows gray sees man gave package earlier man suddenly murdered gunshot gray let house servants rush aid fallen man late save servants ask gray stay night youngest daughter lord manor takes gray library tells sister ill walking outside follow find unconscious ground fresh bite wounds carried inside gray remembers parcel opens inside book horrific demons called reading book gray learns victim force humans submission village doctor visits manor gray recognizes old man saw castle doctor tells gray blood needed gray offers blood save exhausted blood loss gray sleeps wakes sensing danger rushes surprises doctor attempting poison girl doctor flees manor gray finds gone gray follows doctor castle gray vision buried alive vision rescues doctor escapes old servant manor finds gray book discovers defeated driving iron bar heart servant meets grave village chapel open grave find old woman perfectly preserved hammer large metal bar heart killing village doctor hiding old mill finds locked chamber flour sacks filled old servant arrives mill machinery filling chamber flour doctor curse lifted recovers gray cross river boat find bright clearing cast young resembles young slightly better looking studies matters gray view world film described real younger sister daughter lord manor kidnapped village doctor late film older sister vampire finds strength day day vampire sleep coffin vampire village doctor kidnaps late film vampire elderly woman hold extends immediate victims villagers including village doctor lord manor father offers gray book help gray save daughters murder returns briefly spirit takes revenge village doctor soldier helped servant manor house death master finds gray book aided gray ends vampire reign terror wife nurse soldier production development director began planning late year release previous film passion joan arc production company previous film plans film project dropped led deciding outside studio system film sound film difficult circumstances arrival sound european film industry turmoil france film studios french sound films shot sound stages england went england study sound film got danish writer living london time decided create story based supernatural read thirty mystery stories found number occurring elements including doors opening mysteriously door handles moving knowing decided stuff london new_york stage version large hit created story based vampires considered fashionable things time based elements glass collection stories published draws stories vampire story lesbian room dragon live burial found difficult decide title film initially titled destiny shadows hell film presented film journal close titled strange adventure david gray pre production returned france begin casting location scouting time france small movement artistic independently financed films including blood poet released met agreed finance film return playing lead role arguments family actor created pseudonym languages film going shot cast professional actors plays village doctor found late night metro train paris approached act film reply later contacted crew agreed join film non professional actors film found similar fashion shops professional actors film plays lord manor plays daughter crew members worked previous film passion joan arc returning crew members included cinematographer art director entire film shot actual locations scenes shot france cinematographer took scouting locations left scouting assistant instructed find factory ruins phantom worthy imagination paris travel far original script village doctor supposed flee village trapped swamp looking suitable crew found mill saw white shadows windows doors seeing place changed film ending place mill doctor dies flour filming filmed shot location believed beneficial lending dream like ghost world film allowing save money having rent studio space originally wanted silent film uses elements silent era title cards explain story dialogue film kept minimum scenes dialogue actors lines french german english lip movements correspond voices going recorded post production record english version completed scenes shot april acted housing cast crew filming life unpleasant cold infested rats church yard scenes shot august church actual church barn number placed set designed art director critic writer described style closer experimental features horror film release originally going film described heavy style changed direction cinematographer showed shot came blurred washed look effect desired shoot film piece held feet away camera create look visuals film found inspiration fine arts plays said showed paintings francisco filming denmark journalist friend wrote detail film artworks appeared draw asked intention film berlin premiere replied particular intention wanted film different films wanted break new ground cinema think intention succeeded yes broken new ground filming completed middle post production shot edited film france brought berlin post synchronized german french audio work best sound equipment available time actors dub voices voices actors film sounds dogs animals film fake professional composed film score worked develop music differences german french releases film character named german release attributed mistake german ordered cuts film exist today prints scenes toned include doctor death flour vampire death stake scenes shot included script exist current prints scenes reveal vampire factory shadow christian cross guiding gray getting young children build fire sing hymn guide shore prepared danish version film based german version danish subtitles title cards distributor afford title cards completed manner appear german version instead finished simple style distributor wanted pages book shown film plain title cards allow saying old book text ordinary sense actor release premiere germany delayed studio wanted american films released berlin premiere premiere audience film led cutting scenes film showing film distributed france distributed previous film passion joan arc paris premiere september opening attraction new cinema boulevard showing film vienna audiences demanded money denied riot broke led police having restore order night sticks film premiered copenhagen denmark march usa film premiered english subtitles title flesh english dubbed version edited severely film continuity music track appeared years later circuit castle doom soon nervous breakdown went mental hospital france film financial failure critical reception press europe ranged mixed negative press germany like film berlin premiere writer new_york_times wrote think director charles sic denying different things people talk find films ridiculous won forget ways worst films attended scenes brutal press reaction film paris mixed reporter new_york_times wrote film held spectators long nightmare moved laughter years initial release film viewed critics weaker works modern reception positive review aggregator website rotten_tomatoes reports critics given film positive reviews based sample average rating online film database gave film half stars stating isn easiest classic film enjoy fan 1930s horror movies patient slow pacing ambiguous story line find film offers striking images film exciting terms pacing good choice want film establishes compelling mood wrote greatness derives partly handling vampire theme terms sexuality partly highly distinctive look radical narrative form village_voice wrote radical film maybe dozen favorite movies director channel awarded film half stars comparing silent vampire film stating lesser known ways superior film triumph eerie allows protagonist viewer fully wake surreal nightmare early 2010s time conducted poll authors directors actors critics worked horror genre vote horror films placed number list home media released low quality image sound original german french sound film lost prints french german versions film exist incomplete damaged released united_states titles vampire united_kingdom title prints severely cut dubbed minute english language print originally released dvd ran minute running time image release straight port laserdisc film produced subtitles large source print having danish subtitles covered dvd included short film mascot bonus feature released disc edition july edition dvd includes original german version film book featuring original screenplay story region dvd film released august release contains bonus material criterion collection discs includes commentary director
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