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German architect (1884–1971)

Albin Grau (December 22, 1884 in Leipzig-Schönefeld – March 27, 1971) was a German artist, architect and occultist, and the producer and production designer for F.W.

Murnau's Nosferatu (1922).

But Grau was more than just a filmmaker.

Albin Eberhart von Franz is named after Albin Grau, the producer and set designer of Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, and the Jungian psychologist Marie.

Herman Albin Grau was born in February , in Germany as the son of Albin Grau.

Albin Grau, a student of the occult and a graphic artist who produced, designed, and marketed the film, was not Jewish, but he was nonetheless.

Albin Grau probably did believe in the existence of vampires or psychic vampires.” Indeed, the real Grau was born in and remained.

He was largely responsible for the look and spirit of the film, including the sets, costumes, storyboards and promotional materials.

A lifelong student of the occult and member of Fraternitas Saturni, under the magical name of Master Pacitius, Grau was able to imbue Nosferatu with hermetic and mystical undertones.^[1] One example in particular was the cryptic contract that Count Orlok and Knock exchanged, which was filled with Enochian, hermetic and alchemical symbols.

Grau was also a strong influence on Orlok's verminous and emaciated look. Grau claimed to had originally gotten the idea of shooting a vampire film while serving in the German Army during World War I, when a Serbian farmer told him that his father was a vampire and o