Shadow of the Vampire - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Shadow of the Vampire or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Shadow of the Vampire

[caroline]

The locomotive that conveys the film crew to Czechoslovakia is named "Charon". In Greek myth, Charon was the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the river Styx.

[gabriel]

Cary Elwes, Eddie Izzard, and Ronan Vibert would all appear in Peter Bogdanovich's The Cat's Meow a year later; another film that fictionalizes a real-life event.

[lonnie]

Willem Dafoe was hired as The Green Goblin in Spider-Man (2002) after the producers watched his performance in this film.

[gabriel]

The real Max Schreck was 6'3" while Willem Dafoe is only 5'9".

[ronnie]

Just prior to the crew's arrival at the castle for the first night of filming, a quick establishing shot depicts Count Orlock (disguised as a carriage driver) arriving at his castle with Hutter. This was a scene edited from the original Nosferatu featuring Max Schreck and Gustav von Wangenheim.

[claude]

The part of Max Schreck was written specifically for Willem Dafoe.

[frances]

The first movie Nicolas Cage produced.

[amber]

Second time William Dafoe works in a vampire movie. The first was The Hunger (1983)

[chad]

Udo Kier, who appears as Albin Grau, played the Count himself in Blood for Dracula (1974) and Vampire Elder Dragonetti in Blade (1998).

[janice]

The camera crew and cast arrive a the Han Budala inn.. literal translation is Fool's Inn from Turkish.