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El conde Drácula (1970)
Country of Origin: Liechtenstein/UK/Spain/West
Germany/Italy
Year of Production: 1969
Running Times: 86m (Spain)/96m 22s (UK - video)/98m
(Italy)
Length: 8820 ft (UK)
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: Eastmancolor
Ratio: Techniscope
2.35:1
Sound:
DIRECTION
Directed by: Jess
Franco
CREW
PRODUCTION
Copyright: © Etablissement Sargon, Vaduz, Liechtenstein 1970
Production Company: a Towers of London production (UK/US prints); Corona
Filmproduktion/Fénix Films/Filmar
Produced by: Harry Alan Towers; Alexandre Hacoen, Frank Rintestein,
José Clement Martin (bot credited on UK/US prints)
Producction Manager: Jose Climent
SCRIPT
Screenplay by: Peter Welbeck (real name: Harry Alan Towers) (on UK/US
prints); Jesus Franco
(on Spanish prints); Eric Kröhnke, Dietmar Behnke (on West German prints);
Augusto Finocchi, Carlo Fadda, Milo G. Cuccia (on Italian prints)
Adaptation: Carlo Fadda, Milo G. Cuccia
Dialogue: Dietmar Behnke
Novel: Dracula by Bram Stoker
DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Giacomo Gramegna (on Italian prints); John Thompson
(on UK/US prints)
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographed by: Manuel Merino (on Spanish/UK/US prints), Luciano Trasatti
(on Italian prints)
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: María Louisa Sorana, G. Reinecke (on West German/Spanish prints);
Derek Parsons (on UK/US prints); Bruno Mattei (on Italian prints)
MUSIC
Music by: Bruno Nicolai
SOUND
Sound Editor: Joyce Oxley
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Gerry Fletcher
Lee's Make Up: Stuart Freeborn
Costumes: José Marilli
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Sergio Pagoni
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Directors: Karl Schneider (on West German prints), Emilio Zago (on
Spanish prints), George O. Brown (real name: Jack Taylor) (on UK/US
prints)
Set Dresser: Emilio Zago
LOCATIONS
Locations: Tirrenia Studios, Spain; Barcelona, Spain; Alicante, Spain;
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
CAST
Christopher Lee
(Count Dracula)
Herbert Lom (Professor Van Helsing)
Klaus Kinski (Renfield)
Maria Rohm (Mina Harker)
Frederick Williams (Jonathan Harker)
Soledad Miranda
(Lucy Westenra)
Jack Taylor (Quincey Morris)
and
Paul Müller (Dr Seward)
UNCREDITED CAST
[uncredited on UK/US prints]
Teresa Gimpera (crying mother)
Franco Castellani
José Martínez Blanco
Emma Cohen (vampire)
Moises Augusto Rocha
Jesús Puente
Jeannine Mestre
Jesus Franco (Van
Helsing's butler)
PLOT SUMMARY
Solicitor Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to visit one of his
company's clients, the Count Dracula, who is planning to buy some property
in England. But Dracula turns out to be a vampire and Harker's arrival
at his castle triggers a tragic chain of events that extends back to
London.
AVAILABILITY
Canada
Video Distributor: Propulsion
Finland
Video Distributor: Magnum Video
France
Video Distributor: FM Video (Collection Miroir de l'Etrange); Clones
Video; Metropole Home Video
Italy
Video Distributor: Avo Film
Japan
Video Distributor: Hyperdelic
DVD Distributor: Japan Cinema (DVD-0008)
Spain
Theatrical Distributor: Arce Films
UK
Video Distributor: 4 Front Video (0564883)
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Crystal Pictures Inc; Italica Film; World Entertainment
Corporation
Video Distributor: Republic Pictures Corporation
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: K-16
UK
Rating: 12
TIMELINE
1970
April
3: West Germany - theatrical release
November
16: Spain - theatrical release
1973
July
Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release
September
10: Italy - theatrical release
1998
June
8: UK - video release (4 Front Video (0564883))
11: UK - rated 12 by the BBFC (for video release)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Bram Stoker's Count Dracula - US title
Il conte Dracula - Italian title
Count Dracula - UK/US title
Il demone nero - Italian title
Dracula 71
Dracula No 1
Nachts, Wenn Dracula Erwacht - West German title
The Nights of Dracula
Les nuits de Dracula - French title
Verenhimoinen Dracula - Finnish title
SEE ALSO
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Count Dracula (1977)
Drácula (1931)
Dracula (1931)
Dracula (1958)
Dracula (1973)
Dracula (1973)
Dracula (1979)
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Drakula halála (1921)
Noroi no yakata: Chi o suu me (1971)
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
In Search of Dracula (1971)
PERIODICALS
Absurd no.8 (UK)
credits, review
Cinefantastique vol.5 no.1 (Spring 1976)
p.31 (USA)
illustrated review (by John McCarty)
Cinestudio no.96 (April 1971) p.54 (Spain)
credits
The Dark Side April 1993 p.31 (UK)
review
Filmfacts vol.15 no.24 (1972) pp.680-681
(USA)
reprinted reviews
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.40 no.474 (July
1973) pp.145 - 146 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review (by John Raisbeck)
Photon no.22 (1972) pp.5-8 (USA)
review
Samhain no.5 pp.18-19 (UK)
review (by Kevin Lyons)
Shivers no.45 pp.4-7 (UK)
review
Variety 7 April 1971 p.18 (USA)
credits, review
Video Watchdog no.1 p.35 (USA)
credits
BOOKS
Obsession - The Films of Jess Franco -
Lucas Balbo, Peter Blumenstock (eds) pp.71-72 (Berlin: Selbstverlag
Frank Trebbin (1993))
credits, illustrated review (by Christian Kessler)
Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies
1991 - 1992
credits, review
KEYWORDS
vampires, dracula, books into film, castles, psychiatrists, madness
Last Updated:
18 September, 2009
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