Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror." This 1922 classic of cinema based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (but with names changed) directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Max Schrek in one of films most famous and frightening make-up jobs.
A beautiful Painter who frequents a Paris nightclub has an affair with a singer. The Painter, tells the story of her increasing obsession for the singer. She calls her The Girl. When The Painter asks The Girl to spend the night, The Girl takes her to the hotel where she lives. They make love but The Girl lets her know "it's just one night." The Girl and The Painter continue seeing eachother until a suspicious-looking man, who seems to know The Girl, appears in the club. Just when The Painter learns The Girl and the man have left Paris together, The Girl reappears, looking more elegant than ever. The Painter goes to The Girl's hotel as she has so many times before and finds the man and The Girl together. Crushed, she runs out. She walks the streets. She paints obsessively. But she has to return to The Girl's hotel one more time. This time she discovers The Girl and the man together again, but it will be for the last time.
