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Nosferatu (1922)
The mysterious Count Orlok summons Thomas Hutter to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen. After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok’s servant, Knock, prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.
Hugo Max
Hugo Max performs live improvised scores to silent films on solo viola. Following a succession of sold-out performances accompanying Nosferatu and other German expressionist masterpieces at the Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End, his repertoire has expanded to early films by Alfred Hitchcock and Buster Keaton.
Max is a violinist and violinist, artist and filmmaker. Drawn to parallels between filmmaking and collective musicmaking, he has been concertmaster of Echo Ensemble, OUPhilharmonic and the Oxford Baroque Players. As a chamber musician he has performed at venues including the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room, St. Martin-in-the-Fields and the Holywell Music Room where he curated a triptych of multidisciplinary concerts. He is a lecturer on improvisation and multidisciplinary practice at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Max’s filmography as writer-director includes Dissonance, a short film observing a string quartet in rehearsal, which has screened at festivals in Germany, Canada, Japan and South Korea. Premieres of his work have been hosted by Modern Art Oxford, Close-Up Film Centre and the Sheldonian Theatre.
Max is the author of three publications: Kosher Giraffe Trilogy (2024), The Dissonance Book (2023) & The Stanley Series (2020).