Count Dracula (1970 film)
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Spanish film poster
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| Directed by | Jesús Franco |
| Produced by | Harry Alan Towers |
| Screenplay by | Augusto Finocchi Italian Version: Milo G. Cuccia German Version: Dietmar Behnke English Version: Peter Welbeck |
| Story by | Erich Kröhnke |
| Based on |
Dracula by Bram Stoker |
| Starring |
Christopher Lee Herbert Lom Klaus Kinski Soledad Miranda |
| Music by | Bruno Nicolai |
| Cinematography | Manuel Merino Luciano Trasatti |
| Edited by |
Bruno Mattei Derek Parsons |
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Fénix Films
Filmar Corona Filmproduktion GmbH Towers of London |
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Running time
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97 minutes |
| Country | Spain Italy West Germany United Kingdom |
Count Dracula (German: Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht, lit. "At Night, When Dracula Awakes"), released in Italy as Il conte Dracula, in Spain as El Conde Drácula and in France as Les Nuits de Dracula, is a 1969 Spanish-Italian-German-British horror film (released in 1970), directed by Jesús Franco and starring Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom and Klaus Kinski. It was based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.
Although Count Dracula stars Christopher Lee in the title role, it is not a Hammer production like his other Dracula films, being produced instead by Harry Alan Towers. Klaus Kinski, who would play Dracula himself nine years later in Nosferatu the Vampyre, is also featured in the film as Renfield. Count Dracula was advertised as the most faithful adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel. Among other details, it was the first film version of the novel in which Dracula begins as an old man and becomes younger as he feeds upon fresh blood.
The story starts with a shot of Count Dracula's castle and the following text:
Over fifty years ago, Bram Stoker wrote the greatest of all horror stories. Now, for the first time, we retell exactly as he wrote, one of the first — and still the best — tales of the macabre.
Jonathan Harker, a lawyer traveling from London to Transylvania to secure property for Count Dracula, arrives at Bistritz to stay for the night. There, he is warned by a concerned lady against continuing his journey the following day. Harker believes that her concerns are rooted in peasant superstition. He ignores her, but starts to feel increasingly unnerved by the way everyone looks at him. Harker sets off for the rest of his journey and arrives at the Borgo Pass where he's picked up by the Count's mysterious coachman.
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