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Nosferatu_most_complete_version_93_mins. · Beat 171 · permalink

Private office

25:12–25:32 Released 1922

Machine annotation by Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct, cut beats-0.2, prompt beats-0.2. Machine checks passed (partial). 1 quote checked against the transcript; 3 names checked for a spoken or on-screen source; 2 of 4 visible events checked against a frame. Not human-reviewed. Observations and transcript may still be wrong.

Frame at 25:1325:13Frame at 25:2025:20Frame at 25:2625:26Frame at 25:3125:31

Play from 25:12 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 114 · shots 363–374. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
private_office (private office, interior) evidence: frame:3
People
  • young man with light hair, wearing dark formal coat and high collar visible
  • man with dark hair and beard, wearing dark coat and hat visible
  • man with dark hair and beard, wearing dark coat and hat, entering from doorway visible
Seen happening
  • A man looks alarmed to his left. [frame:1]
  • A pair of hands manipulates a small, dark object with a tool. [frame:2]
  • Two men sit at a table with food and papers; one extends his hand toward the other. [frame:3]
  • A man enters from a doorway and gestures toward the seated man. [frame:4]
Seen
candlestick [frame:3], plate of food [frame:3], papers [frame:3], small dark object with tool [frame:2], wooden doorframe [frame:4]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: tense; themes: confrontation, mystery; style notes: high-contrast lighting, static medium shots, period costume, minimal set design

A man in period clothing reacts with alarm while another man handles a small object; they are seated at a table in a dimly lit room. A third man enters and gestures toward the seated man.

“Oh, my God.” 25:13 automatic transcript, may be wrong

The record

Published 1922, so any US term has expired; no US registration under this title appears in the catalog. The status is a calculation from the date, not a finding about a record. The finding concerns the US copyright record for the film; it is not clearance for any use, and this page's annotation is machine output.

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Frame from Nosferatu_most_complete_version_93_mins. (1922) at 25:13 (passage 25:12–25:32)

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