Born December 28, 1888· Bielefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
† Died March 11, 1931
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Emerging from a scholarly background, the German director who adopted the name Murnau studied philology, art history and literature before Max Reinhardt invited him to an acting school, and he later served as an infantry commander and aerial observer during World War I. His debut feature appeared in 1919, but international fame arrived with the 1922 expressionist horror Nosferatu, now regarded as…
