The
head of the director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, the author of
“Nosferatu”, one of the masterpieces of German Expressionist cinema, was
stolen from his tomb, according to the direction of the cemetery
Stahndorf, near Berlin.
The authors of the plan have
deliberately targeted the remains of the director, the coffins of his
brothers, in the same vault is still intact, the source said, quoted by
the German news agency dpa.
Asked by the Bild newspaper, the head of
the cemetery, Olaf Ihlefeldt, claims to be “sure that the incident
occurred between 4 and 12 July”. “I guess the door (the vault) was
opened with a wire,” he said, recounting “have had a shock” when he
opened the coffin, “they had won the head.” A spokesman for the Berlin
police, also quoted by the newspaper, said he did not exclude the acts
fall practices “occult”.
Born December 28, 1888, Friedrich
Wilhelm Murnau, whose real name is Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe, became
famous in 1921 by making “Nosferatu”, the classic German silent
cinema.He earned international recognition with “The Last Laugh” (1924),
before turning “Tartuffe” (1925) and “Faust” (1926).
Called to Hollywood in 1926, he won
three Oscars with “Sunrise”. Seriously injured in a car accident in
California, he died in March 1931, shortly before the release of his
latest film “Tabu”.
(via Culturebox on FranceTV)
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