Friedrich Wilhelm Murn was born December 28th, 1888. An openly gay German director, he is bt known for his work Nosferatu, and on the film Sunrise…
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- GAY HISTORY – DECEMBER 28, 1888: GERMAN DIRECTOR F. W. MURN OF “NOSFERATU” FAME IS BORN
- WHO STOLE GAY SILENT FILM DIRECTOR F.W. MURN’S HEAD FROM HIS GRAVE?
- NOSFERATU'S GAY MASTER
- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS MURN AM STAFFELSEE
- WATCH: THE 1922 FILM CLASSIC NOSFERATU AND LEARN ABOUT GAY GERMAN FILM DIRECTOR F.W. MURN (HD VIDEO)
GAY HISTORY – DECEMBER 28, 1888: GERMAN DIRECTOR F. W. MURN OF “NOSFERATU” FAME IS BORN
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An openly gay German director, he is bt known for his work Nosferatu, and on the film Sunrise, wily regard as one of the greatt films ever ma. Murn’s homosexualy, would have been more or ls accepted his Berl artistic circl of the day. Germany, ed, was one of the gay-iendlier spots the world until the Nazis took power.
WHO STOLE GAY SILENT FILM DIRECTOR F.W. MURN’S HEAD FROM HIS GRAVE?
Murn emigrated to Hollywood 1926, where he liv his life as an out gay man and joed the Fox Studs and ma Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), a movie often ced by scholars as one of the greatt of all time.
NOSFERATU'S GAY MASTER
While "Dracula" took spiratn om the lbian vampire novella "Carla" and Bram Stoker was mored to be a closeted homosexual, was Murn's viatn om "Dracula" that allowed him to e "Nosferatu" as a vehicle to explore the social and sexual anxieti durg 1920s Germany, thereby queerg the cematic vampire forever.
EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS MURN AM STAFFELSEE
Durg the war, women were permted to the public work space, and the years that followed, homosexualy and gay subcultur beme publicly known.
WATCH: THE 1922 FILM CLASSIC NOSFERATU AND LEARN ABOUT GAY GERMAN FILM DIRECTOR F.W. MURN (HD VIDEO)
While 'd be easy to dismiss as nothg more than a bloodthirsty vampire cravg his next meal, 's clearly d as a homoerotic sire. Murn was allegedly gay himself, and spe the public knowledge of homosexualy Germany at this time, was still nsired a crimal (and pathologil) act. Nosferatu is prented as the double of Hutter, reprentative of the gay sire that Hutter sperately tri to reprs.