Countess Dracula

Countess Dracula
Credits
Title:	Countess Dracula
Directed by:	Peter Sasdy
Written by:	Jeremy Paul; Alexander Paal; Peter Sasdy
Produced by:	Alexander Paal
Music by:	Harry Robinson
Cinematography:	Ken Talbot
Edited by:	Henry Richardson
Production
Distributors:	Hammer Film Productions
Released:	January 31st, 1971
Rating:	PG
Running time:	93 min.
Country:	UK
Language:	English
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Countess Bathory is a British horror film of the Gothic vampire subgenre. It is inspired by the historical figure of Elizabeth Bathory who, while not actually a vampire, committed atrocities that earned her the sobriquet, "The Blood Countess". Countess Bathory was directed by Peter Sasdy with a screenplay written by Jeremy Paul based on a story treatment by Sasdy and Alexander Paal, which in turn was inspired by an idea by Gabriel Ronay and loosely based on a book by Valentine Penrose. The film was produced by Hammer Film Productions and premiered in the United Kingdom on January 31st, 1971.

The film stars Ingrid Pitt as 17th century Hungarian countess Elisabeth Nádasdy, aka "Countess Dracula". The movie also stars Nigel Green as the castle steward, Captain Dobi, Patience Collier as Elisabeth's maidservant Julie Sentash, and Sandor Elès as Lieutenant Imre Toth.

Cast

Actor	Role
Ingrid Pitt	Countess Elisabeth Nádasdy
Nigel Green	Captain Dobi
Sandor Elès	Lieutenant Imre Toth
Maurice Denham	Master Fabio
Patience Collier	Julie Sentash
Peter Jeffrey	Captain Balogh
Lesley-Anne Down	Ilona Nádasdy
Leon Lissek	Sergeant of Bailiffs
Jessie Evans	Rosa, Teri's mother
Andrea Lawrence	Ziza
Susan Brodrick	Teri, chambermaid
Ian Trigger	Clown a the Shepherd's Inn
Nike Arrighi	Fortune telling gypsy girl
Peter May	Janco the mute gamekeeper
John Moore	Priest
Joan Haythorne	Second cook
Marianne Stone	Kitchen maid
Charles Farrell	The seller
Sally Adcock	Bertha, the goat girl
Anne Stallybrass	Pregnant woman
Paddy Ryan	Man
Michael Cadman	Young man
Hulya Babus	Belly dancer at the Shepherd's Inn
Lesley Anderson	Gypsy dancer with circus
Biddy Hearne	Gypsy dancer with circus
Diana Sawday	Gypsy dancer with circus
Andrew Burleigh	1st boy
Gary Rich	2nd boy
Albert Wilkinson	Circus midget
Ismed Hassan	Circus midget

Notes & Trivia

• Copyright holder: © 1970 (MCMLXX), Hammer Film Productions Limited.

• Countess Dracula (1971) redirects to this page. This film is alternatively known as La condesa Drácula in Spanish, which also redirects to this page.

• Countess Dracula is a stand-alone film, which does not share continuity with any other Dracula film, or any other film in the Hammer Horror library.

• The tagline for this film is "Her macabre and bloody quest for eternal youth".

• Production on Countess Dracula began on July 26th, 1970.

• Countess Dracula was filmed at Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England.

• This film premiered in the United States on October 11th, 1972.

• Countess Dracula was released as a Blu-ray and DVD combo-pack by Synapse Films on May 6th, 2014. It includes audio commentary with actress Ingrid Pitt, director Peter Sasdy, screenwriter Jeremy Paul and author Jonathan Sothcott.

• The film was also released on DVD in Region 1 format, packaged along with The Vampire Lovers as part of its "Midnite Movies" series. The double-feature was released on August 26th, 2003.

• Composer Harry Robertson is credited as Harry Robinson in this film.

• Director of photography Kenneth Talbot is credited as Ken Talbot in this film.

• Actress Olive Gregg provided the voice for Countess Elisabeth Nádasdy, but is uncredited for her participation in this film.

• There are a total of thirty credited cast members in this film.

• This is Peter Sasdy's third horror film as a director. He also directed Taste the Blood of Dracula in 1970, and Hands of the Ripper in 1971.

See also

Hammer Horror Hammer Horror media Hammer Horror images

Hammer Horror films Hammer Horror characters Hammer Horror miscellaneous

External Links

Countess Dracula at AMG Countess Dracula at IMDB Countess Dracula at TV Guide

Countess Dracula at Wikipedia Countess Dracula at Popcorn Pictures Countess Dracula at Themoviedb.org

References

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Hammer Horror This article relates to the films produced under the "Hammer Horror" banner of Hammer Film Productions. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Hammer Film Productions category. Dracula Dracula (1958) • Brides of Dracula (1960) • Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) • Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) • Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) • Scars of Dracula (1970) • Dracula 1972 A.D. (1972) • The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) • Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) Frankenstein Curse of Frankenstein (1957) • Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) • Evil of Frankenstein (1964) • Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) • Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) • Horror of Frankenstein (1970) • Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) The Mummy The Mummy (1959) • Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) • Mummy's Shroud, The (1967) • Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) Others X the Unknown (1956) • The Abominable Snowman (1957) • The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) • Curse of the Werewolf (1961) • Scream of Fear (1961) • Phantom of the Opera (1962) • Kiss of the Vampire (1963) • Paranoiac (1963) • Nightmare (1964) • The Old Dark House (1963) • The Gorgon (1964) • Plague of the Zombies (1966) • The Reptile (1966) • The Devil Rides Out (1968) • The Vampire Lovers (1970) • Lust for a Vampire (1971) • Hands of the Ripper (1971) • Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971) • Countess Dracula (1971) • Twins of Evil (1972) • Demons of the Mind (1972) • Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) • To the Devil a Daughter (1976)