Editing Nosferatu (section)

==Home media and copyright status==
[[File:Nosferatu (1922, English titles 1947).webm|thumb|right|''Nosferatu'' scoreless [[public domain]] version from 1947 with English intertitles, using the original character names from Bram Stoker's novel (the vampire is named Count Dracula as well as Nosferatu in this version)]]''Nosferatu'' only entered the [[public domain]] worldwide by the end of 2019. Despite this, the film had already been subject to widespread circulation via a sped-up, unrestored black and white [[Bootleg recording|bootleg]] copy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Brent |date=2018-06-07 |title=Nosferatu: History and Home Video Guide, Part 3 |url=https://www.brentonfilm.com/nosferatu-history-and-home-video-guide-part-3 |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Brenton Film |language=en-GB}}</ref> Beginning in 1981, the film has had various different official restorations, several of which have been issued on home video in the U.S., Europe and Australia. These versions, which are all [[Film tinting|tinted]], speed-corrected and have specially recorded scores, are separately copyrighted with respect to new copyrightable elements.<ref name="BrentonFilm" /> The most recent restoration, completed in 2005/2006, has been released on DVD and Blu-ray throughout the world, and features a reconstruction of Hans Erdmann's original score by Berndt Heller.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Brent |date=2018-06-07 |title=Nosferatu: History and Home Video Guide, Part 6 |url=https://www.brentonfilm.com/nosferatu-history-and-home-video-guide-part-6 |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Brenton Film |language=en-GB}}</ref>