This is a phenomenal post, thank you so much for it. While I was aware of the way Orlok seems to physically grow, broaden, etc, I never thought of how the costume influences this.

That first photo of him actually made me shudder. And the one where he and Ellen speak against the window! He's so close, so horrible. But there is something tender about the dip of his head towards her. Tender? it can't be. He cannot love. I don't know what it is. But it is there.