Max Schreck
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Max Schreck was a German actor best known for his iconic and eerie portrayal of the vampire Count Orlok in the 1922 silent horror film "Nosferatu."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Max Schreck canonical | 4 |
| Friedrich Gustav Maximilian Schreck | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9397031 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Schreck Context triple: [Shadow of the Vampire, mainCharacter, Max Schreck]
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A.
Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi was a Hungarian-American actor best known for his iconic portrayal of Count Dracula in early horror cinema.
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B.
Tod Browning
Tod Browning was an American film director best known for his influential early horror films, including "Dracula" (1931) and "Freaks" (1932).
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C.
Wilhelm Speidel
Wilhelm Speidel was a German Luftwaffe general during World War II who was later tried and convicted for war crimes committed in occupied Greece.
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D.
Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff was an English actor best known for his iconic portrayals in classic horror films, particularly as Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 film "Frankenstein."
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E.
Georg Stumme
Georg Stumme was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who briefly commanded Axis forces in North Africa before his death early in the Second Battle of El Alamein.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Schreck Target entity description: Max Schreck was a German actor best known for his iconic and eerie portrayal of the vampire Count Orlok in the 1922 silent horror film "Nosferatu."
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A.
Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi was a Hungarian-American actor best known for his iconic portrayal of Count Dracula in early horror cinema.
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B.
Tod Browning
Tod Browning was an American film director best known for his influential early horror films, including "Dracula" (1931) and "Freaks" (1932).
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C.
Wilhelm Speidel
Wilhelm Speidel was a German Luftwaffe general during World War II who was later tried and convicted for war crimes committed in occupied Greece.
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D.
Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff was an English actor best known for his iconic portrayals in classic horror films, particularly as Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 film "Frankenstein."
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E.
Georg Stumme
Georg Stumme was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who briefly commanded Axis forces in North Africa before his death early in the Second Battle of El Alamein.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1930s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | early 1900s ⓘ |
| birthName |
Friedrich Gustav Maximilian Schreck
ⓘ
linked to:
Max Schreck
|
| burialPlace |
Munich, Germany
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linked to:
Munich
|
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| citizenship | German ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1879-09-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1936-02-20 ⓘ |
| era |
Weimar Republic cinema
ⓘ
linked to:
German Expressionist cinema
|
| ethnicGroup | German people ⓘ |
| familyName | Schreck ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | horror film ⓘ |
| givenName |
Friedrich
ⓘ
Gustav ⓘ Maximilian ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | nm0774510 ⓘ |
| influenced |
horror film iconography
ⓘ
vampire cinema ⓘ |
| knownFor |
eerie screen presence
ⓘ
portrayal of Count Orlok in Nosferatu ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| name | Max Schreck ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableRole | Count Orlok ⓘ |
| notableWork | Nosferatu ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| partOf | German Expressionist cinema ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Berlin, German Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Berlin
|
| placeOfDeath |
Munich, Germany
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linked to:
Munich
|
| portrayed |
Count Orlok in Nosferatu
ⓘ
vampire ⓘ |
| spouse | Fanny Normann ⓘ |
| workedIn |
German cinema
ⓘ
German theatre ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| workedWith | F. W. Murnau ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Max Schreck Description of subject: Max Schreck was a German actor best known for his iconic and eerie portrayal of the vampire Count Orlok in the 1922 silent horror film "Nosferatu."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Max Schreck