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Nosferatu Ending Explained: What Happens to Count Orlok & Ellen?
ComingSoon.netStory by Harshika Bhatia
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In a gothic reimagining of the classic horror tale, a young woman sacrifices herself to vanquish the vampire Count Orlok, but at a devastating personal cost.
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- Director Robert Eggers' Nosferatu ending sees the vampire Count Orlok perish in a climactic scene, as the rising sun claims him atop the self-sacrificing heroine Ellen.
- Despite defeating Orlok, Ellen also succumbs to her wounds, solidifying the story's tragic conclusion as the only one capable of stopping the vampire's reign.
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Robert Eggers, Anna, Albin Eberhart Von Franz, Thomas, Ellen, Herr Knock, Orlok, Nosferatu, Nosferatu