Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau was a German film director. He was greatly influenced by Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Shakespeare and Ibsen plays he had seen at the age of 12, and became a friend of director Max Reinhardt. During World War I he served as a company commander at the eastern front and was in the German air force, surviving several crashes without any severe injuries.
F.W. Murnau
Active - 1919 - 2022 |
Birth - Dec 28, 1888 |
Death - Mar 11, 1931 |
Genres - Silent Film, Drama, Horror, Romance, Documentary
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Subgenres - Silent Film, Drama Fiction, Silent Feature, Vampire Film
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Dr. F.W. Murnau, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe, Murglie-
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