Nosferatu — horror symphony — halloween with horror and live music by Czerwie

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On October 30, 2026 at 18:00 in the Oświęcim Cultural Center, as part of the Open House project from the series Music and Film — a source of associations/dream factory, a Halloween screening of a silent film from 1922 — one of the first horror films in the history of cinema, a precursor of the genre — directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau entitled “Nosferatu — a symphony of horror” will take place.

The film will be accompanied by live music performed by the band “Czerwie”.

Bram Stoker's “Dracula” plot, slightly modified due to copyright issues, served as the canvas for the film.

Florence Stoker, widow of Bram Stoker, sued Murnau for the illegal use of her husband's novel. The trial won, and Murnau had to pay damages and destroy all copies of the film. However, the film survived because several copies have survived, according to various versions coming from illegal sources or from other countries where the film was shown.

The year 1838 Thomas Hutter is an employee of an intermediary agency for the sale of the estate in Wisborg. He is sent by his employer to Transylvania to Count Orlok to finalize transactions for the sale of the estate.

The last night before arriving at the castle of Count Orlok, he spends in an inn, where he finds the book “The Book of Vampires”. The next day, Hutter rents a car with which he intends to reach the castle. However, halfway through, people, out of fear, refuse to travel further.

He goes on alone. After crossing the bridge, he is taken to the castle by the count's charioteer. Orlok greets him very friendly and invites the guest to dinner, although he himself does not eat. When the clock rings at midnight, a frightened Hutter cripples himself with a knife in his finger. Count Orlok wants to suck up the bleeding wound, but turns away at the sight of a cross hanging from Hutter's neck.

The next day, Hutter wakes up with a wound on his neck, the origin of which he attributes to mosquitoes. At night, Count Orlok signs the documents for the purchase of an estate near Hutter's house. In bed, Hutter finds “The Book of Vampires” and reads it. He begins to suspect that Orlok is a vampire. Then the Count himself appears at the door, whose true nature has prevailed.

In the morning, Hutter searches the castle. To his horror, he finds the tomb in which the count rests. At night, he witnesses Orlok stacking several coffins on a cart and entering the last one. The car drives away and Hutter tries to get out of the castle through the window. He falls on stones and loses consciousness. When he regains consciousness in the hospital, he decides to return to his city as soon as possible. He knows the Count is on his way there.

Meanwhile, an uncrewed ship arrived in Wisborg. It turns out that there are only a few coffins on board and a lot of rats. At night, Orlok takes the coffin and leaves the ship unnoticed. Rats bring plague to the city, which causes panic. Hutter also arrives in the city in very poor condition. His wife Ellen reads “The Book of Vampires” and learns how to kill Orlok, the culprit of all her misfortunes.

“Czerwie” is a Polish band presenting alternative sounds from the borders of folk, ethno, scene of the absurd, experimental and contemporary music as well as theater and film music. They created their own unique style characterized by the unconventional use of instruments and musical values, being at the same time a fusion of many genres. They are the creators of, among others, music for the play directed by Piotr Cieplak “Alboto jacy, tacy” based on St. Wyspiański's “Wedding” (Zygmunt Hübner Powszechny Theatre, Warsaw, 2007). The play, staged 50 times in the capital, was repeatedly broadcast on TVP Kultura. In their discography, musicians have 6 author's albums.

The band has composed music for many silent films and is undoubtedly one of the few groups with rich, twenty years of musical experience.

“Worms” has performed at many European festivals, including the prestigious European Silent Film Festival Hippodrome in Scotland (2016), at the Budapest Klassik Film Marathon Magyar Nemzeti Filmarchívum (Festival of the Hungarian National Film Archive) at the Polish Film Spring in Budapest (2018); at the Museum of the History of Cinema in Dusseldorf, at the Niesse Film Festival 2019, Filmmaker Festival Luxembourg 2023.

The group currently consists of 4 musicians — Wojtek Zaborowski, Maciek Kudłacik, Paweł Zawarus, Piotrek Bogunia — operating a wide range of instruments, which includes percussion, xylophone, percussion instruments, ethnic instruments, bass, guitar, mandolin, accordion, synthesizers.

The group has played more than 1000 concerts in Poland and in European countries so far.

Duration: 92 minutes

tickets: 35 zł

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