
Metropolis (OmeU) LIVE Babylon Orchestra Berlin
Babylon, Berlin

Experience the quintessential vampire horror film "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Shadows" as it was meant to be seen and heard. This live orchestral performance features the Berlin Babylon Orchestra performing Hans Erdmann's original 1922 score, newly arranged by Hans Brandner in 2018. The film tells the chilling tale of Count Orlock, who travels from Transylvania to the German town of Wisborg as an unstoppable plague of death, rising from his coffin at midnight to feed on innocent blood. The horror unfolds as a young businessman's journey becomes a nightmarish odyssey, ultimately requiring the ultimate sacrifice of a devoted woman to defeat the creature and bring him to his fatal confrontation with the dawn.
This legendary silent film, nearly destroyed by a plagiarism lawsuit against director F.W. Murnau, survived only because copies were hidden in foreign archives. Today it stands as the original vampire cinema masterpiece. With German intertitles and English subtitles, this unique live experience transforms the film into a grand symphonic event, where the orchestra's dramatic score amplifies every moment of suspense, terror, and tragedy. Witness how vampirism becomes a powerful metaphor for the war between death and life, a theme that continues to captivate audiences nearly a century later.