Unknown Photographer ~ Carnival scene, 1930s. Vintage sepia toned gelatin silver print. Mimosa logo printed in upper left and Mimosa label on mount verso. | src Bassenge Auktion 121 Lot 4325 ~ Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts
The Mimosa paper label on the verso of the mount indicates that this photo was used as an advertisement to demonstrate Mimosa paper. Mimosa used the negatives of many well-known German photographers such as Hugo Erfurth, D'Ora and Yva to show…
So well Nosferatu (actual name count Orlok) is from a 1922 horror film Nosferatu (no way).
This is him:
He's a scary mf who drinks blood and spreads the plague via his countless rats. The fandom (yes, the fandom of a 101 year old movie) somehow found a way to empathize with him. I just think he's neat.
He also got a buddy Knock who becomes batshit (ratshit?) unhinged every time Orlok is near him/mentioned in any way. I kin him.
He's also been described as a "lecherous (fyi horny) bug eating minion". Pretty accurate. Although idk if he can be described as a minion, he's more of a simp 'cause he doesn't do anything meaningful except for sending the MC to Orlok. He just gets locked up in an asylum, eats spiders, attacks people, strangles a guy, breaks out, sits on the roof throwing rocks at people and dies along with Orlok, all while screaming about "The Master!" excitedly. I love this guy.
The movie was compared to antisemitic propaganda because Orlok shares traits with a stereotypical caricature, but a large amount of the cast was Jewish so it's unlikely that it was intended as anything other than a Dracula adaptation with more accurate and frightening vampires. And also it was a metaphor for how war does nothing but destroys lives, I think it was even banned in Nazi Germany.
Also Nosferatu appeared in Spongebob on multiple occasions. Do what you will with that information.
