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Nosferatu_most_complete_version_93_mins. · Beat 539 · permalink

Private office

1:28:43–1:29:53 Released 1922

Machine annotation by Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct, cut beats-0.2, prompt beats-0.2. Machine checks passed (partial). 3 names checked for a spoken or on-screen source; 0 of 4 visible events checked against a frame. Not human-reviewed. Observations and transcript may still be wrong.

Frame at 1:28:451:28:45Frame at 1:29:091:29:09Frame at 1:29:321:29:32Frame at 1:29:481:29:48

Play from 1:28:43 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 371 · shots 1194–1203. 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:1
People
  • man in a dark uniform with a cap, seen from behind visible
  • pale man with pointed ears and fangs, wearing dark clothing visible
  • silhouetted figures in dark uniforms, one pointing visible
Seen happening
  • A man in uniform walks through a room with a desk and chair. [frame:1]
  • A pale, fanged man is shown in a close-up, lying down. [frame:2]
  • A title card reads 'The master... The Master...!' [frame:3]
  • A figure climbs a wall while silhouetted figures watch from below. [frame:4]
Seen
desk lamp, bust on a shelf, bookcase, barred window
On screen
{'frame': 3, 'value': 'The master... The Master...!'}
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: ominous and suspenseful; themes: supernatural threat, power and submission, isolation; style notes: high-contrast lighting, static camera, German Expressionist framing with exaggerated shadows and silhouettes

A man in a uniform walks through a dimly lit room with furniture and a bust; a pale, fanged figure is shown in a dark close-up; a title card reads 'The master... The Master...!'; and a figure is seen climbing a wall as others watch from below. No names are spoken, and no time of day or period is established.

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 1:28:45 (passage 1:28:43–1:29:53)

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