Albin Grau (1884 - 1942) was an artist, architect and occultist, and the producer and production designer for F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu. He was largely responsible for the look and spirit of the film, including the sets, costumes, storyboards and promotional materials. A lifelong student of the occult and member of Fraternitas Saturni, Grau was able to imbue Nosferatu with hermetic and mystical undertones.
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- Albin Grau war ein deutscher Filmarchitekt, Grafiker und Autor.
- Albin Grau (1884 - 1942) was an artist, architect and occultist, and the producer and production designer for F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu. He was largely responsible for the look and spirit of the film, including the sets, costumes, storyboards and promotional materials. A lifelong student of the occult and member of Fraternitas Saturni, Grau was able to imbue Nosferatu with hermetic and mystical undertones. One example in particular was the cryptic contract that Count Orlok and Knock exchanged, which was filled in Enochian, hermetic and alchemical symbols. Grau was also a strong influence on Orlok's verminous and emaciated look. Grau had originally gotten the idea of shooting a vampire film while serving in the German Army during World War I, when a Serbian farmer told him that his father was a vampire and one of the Undead. Before Grau and Murnau collaborated on Nosferatu, Grau was planning to create several movies devoted to the occult and supernatural through his studio, Prana Film. Since Nosferatu was a loose and unauthorized translation of Bram Stoker's Dracula Prana had to declare bankruptcy in order to evade infringement lawsuits. This made Nosferatu its one and only release. After Fraternitas Saturni was prohibited in 1936 by the Nazi regime, Albin Grau was eventually arrested on charges of being a Socialist. He died in October 1942 at Buchenwald concentration camp, located in Thuringia, Germany.
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- Albin Grau war ein deutscher Filmarchitekt, Grafiker und Autor.
- Albin Grau (1884 - 1942) was an artist, architect and occultist, and the producer and production designer for F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu. He was largely responsible for the look and spirit of the film, including the sets, costumes, storyboards and promotional materials. A lifelong student of the occult and member of Fraternitas Saturni, Grau was able to imbue Nosferatu with hermetic and mystical undertones.
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