Here's why this producer is 'Nosferatu's under-celebrated collaborator.
It isn’t just Andrew Sarris and the French critics behind auteur theory whose sympathies lie with film directors. They seem to achieve celebrity more easily than anyone else behind the camera, and they are the figure most responsible for making the movie. It’s easy to think that directors must be the chief creative force behind a picture – or that they should be. That’s certainly the view I tend towards, and not just because of years in film school or long-term hopes and dreams.
To call Grau an unsung hero of cinema may be an overreach. Nosferatu was his only credit as a producer, and his resume for any kind of film production work is scant. Primarily an artist and architect, his poor business decisions put a quick end to his cinematic ambitions and severely jeopardized the fate of the one movie he did get made. But as the man responsible for much of what makes Nosferatu such a milestone, Grau is due his credit.
Grau’s control over Nosferatu’s visuals extended beyond filming. He personally designed and executed many of the film’s promotional materials. The ad campaign ended up costing more than the movie itself, capped off with an elaborate costume ball in the Berlin Zoological Gardens following the premiere. Some surviving posters, like the concept art, are striking depictions of horror and decay, a far cry from today’s stock images of actor’s faces.
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