Grave robbers have reportedly stolen from
a crypt the head of German expressionist cinema great Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau.
Born in 1888, Murnau is best
known for his 1922 silent movie vampire classic “Nosferatu — A Symphony of
Horror”, which Hollywood magazine Variety wrote is “recognised as one of the
scariest horror movies of all time”. He later moved to Hollywood where he
directed “Sunrise”, which won several Academy Awards
Police did not rule out an
occultist motive after finding candle wax in the family crypt in Stahnsdorf
southwest of Berlin and were investigating the case on charges of theft and
disturbing the peace of the dead.
One or more grave robbers
opened the metal coffin before decapitating the director’s embalmed body but
did not disturb the remains of his two brothers, reported Bild daily and
national news agency DPA.
Murnau died in a 1931 car crash
near Santa Barbara, California, and his body was repatriated to his native
Germany
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