Dracula's Death

Dracula's Death

Original poster
Directed by Károly Lajthay
Written by Károly Lajthay
Mihály Kertész
Starring Erik Vanko
Lene Myl
Distributed by Fantasztikus Filmregéncy
Release dates
 August 1921 (Austria)
Running time
 65 minutes
Country Hungary
Language Silent
Hungarian intertitles

Dracula's Death, or Drakula halála, sometimes translated as The Death of Drakula, is a 1921 Hungarian silent horror film that was written and directed by Károly Lajthay.[1] It is presumed to be a lost film.[2]

The film marks the first screen appearance of the vampire Count Dracula, though recent scholarly research indicates that the film's plot does not actually follow the narrative of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.[3] After originally opening in Vienna in 1921 and enjoying a long and successful European run, the film was later re-edited and re-released in Budapest in 1923.[4]

Plot

Film still

The film is about a woman who experiences frightening visions after visiting an insane asylum where one of the inmates claims to be Count Dracula (here following the Hungarian spelling Drakula). She has trouble determining whether the inmate's visions are real or merely nightmares.[5][6]

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ Heiss, Lokke. "Dracula Unearthed." Cinefantastique 30.7-8 (October 1998): 91.
  2. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Drakula halála at silentera.com
  3. ↑ Heiss, p. 92.
  4. ↑ Heiss, p. 92.
  5. ↑ Ermida, Isabel (2015). Dracula and the Gothic in Literature, Pop Culture and the Arts. Brill/Rodopi. p. 139 pp. ISBN 978-9004306172.
  6. ↑ Scivally, Bruce (2015). Dracula FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Count from Transylvania. Backbeat Books. p. 8 pp. ISBN 978-1617136009.
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