Real estate agent Thomas Hutter travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Orlok, who wants to buy a house. But soon after arriving at the castle, he realizes that its inhabitant is a bloodthirsty creature of darkness ... Meanwhile, at home in Germany, Hutter's bride Ellen begins to be haunted by terrible visions …
Nepremičninski agent Thomas Hutter odpotuje v Transilvanijo, da bi se srečal s skrivnostnim grofom Orlokom, ki želi kupiti hišo. Toda kmalu po prihodu na grad spozna, da je njegov prebivalec krvoločno bitje teme … Medtem začnejo doma v Nemčiji Hutterjevo nevesto Ellen preganjati grozljivi prividi …