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He received his training at the Staatstheater in Berlin. He made his stage debut in Messeritz and Speyer, and then toured Germany for two years appearing at theatres in Zittau, Erfurt, Bremen, Lucerne, Gera, and Frankfurt. Schreck then joined Max Reinhart 's celebrated company of performers back in Berlin. Many of Reinhart's troupe made a huge contribution to the cinema.

For three years between 1919 and 1922, Schreck appeared at the Kammerspiele in Munich whilst working on his first film Der Richter Von Zalamea , adapted from a six act play, for Decla Bioscop . In 1922 he was hired by Prana Film for their first and only production, Nosferatu. The company declared themselves bankrupt after the film's release to avoid paying copyright infringement costs to an irate Florence Stoker , the widow of Dracula author Bram StokerAbraham "Bram" Stoker ( November 8, 1847 April 20, 1912) was an Irish writer, best remembered as the author of the influential horror novel Dracula''. Early life He was born on November 8, 1847 in Clontarf in Ireland, a coastal village near Dublin. Until. Schreck’s Count Orlok, with its bald, rat shaped head and long spidery fingers remains a haunting character.

In 1923Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 Events January 1 Grouping of all UK railway companies into four larg, Schreck appeared as a blind man in the acclaimed film Die Strasse . No prints of this film remain today.

Schreck did appear in a comedy, albeit poorly made. Even the director, F.W. MurnauFriedrich Wilhelm Murnau ( December 28, 1888 March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential directors of the silent film era. His actual birth name was Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe. He was one of a number of German film directors to take part in the expressi expressed his repugnance over Die Finanzen Des Grossherzogs (The Finances of the Grand Duke).

In 1926Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 See also 1926 in aviation 1926 in film 1926 in literature 1926 in mu, Schreck returned to the Kammerspiele in Munich and continued to act in films right through the advent of sound until his death. He was married to actress Fanny Normann , who appeared in a few films, often credited as Fanny Schreck.

Suggestions that Schreck was really actor Alfred Abel can be seen to be wrong when the two actors are seen together. Their physiques do not match at all.

Curiously, the word Schreck is also the German word for fright, or terror.

The character Max Shreck in Batman ReturnsBatman Returns is the second Batman movie starring Michael Keaton as Batman. This time Batman has to stop Catwoman, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, Max Shreck, played by Christopher Walken, and The Penguin, played by Danny DeVito. It was released in 1992, an may be named in homage of Schreck.

Max Shreck is portrayed by actor Willem DafoeWillem Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is a versatile American actor. He is a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. Born William Dafoe Jr. in Appleton, Wisconsin, the seventh of eight children, he acquired the nickname "Willem" in E. Elias Merhige ’s Shadow of the VampireShadow of the Vampire is a movie that opened in America on December 29, 2000. It won several prizes: the Prix Tournage the Saturn Award, the Gran Angular Award, the International Fantasy Film Award, the President Award, the Golden Satellite Award, the Ind, a fictional film loosely based on the historical facts surrounding the making of F.W. Murnau’s Nosforatu .