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El gran amor del conde Drácula (1972)
Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 1972
Running Times: 85 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio:
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CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Janus Films, S.L. presents
Production Director: F. Lara Polop
Unit Manager: Miguel Ángel Bermejo
SCRIPT
Script: Javier Aguirre, Alberto S. Insúa, Jacinto
Molina
Story: Jacinto Molina
Characters: Bram Stoker (uncredited)
DIRECTION
Director: Javier Aguirre
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Raúl Pérez Cubero
Camera Operator: Manuel Mateos
2nd Camera Operator: Miguel Agudo
Lighting: Sadilsa
Stills Photography: Alejandro Dijes
Labs: Madrid Film
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Petra de Nieva
Editor First Assistant: Miguel Angel Bermejo
Editing Assistant: Amalia Azcuaga
MUSIC
Music: Carmelo A. Bernaola
SOUND
Sound Studios: EXA - Madrid
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Emilio Puyol
Make Up Assistant: Carlos Moreno
2nd Make Up Assistant: Julio Martin
Hairdresser: Mercedes Guillot
Wardrobe: Peris
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Pablo Pérez
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Directors: Cubero-Galicia
Props: Mateos-Luna-Mengibar
Set Construction: Coscin, S.L.
MISCELLANEOUS
Script Secretary: Blanca Astiasu
Assistant to the Producer: Jose Salcedo
Assistant to the Director: Richard Walker
LOCATIONS
Locations: Madrid, Spain
CAST
Paul Naschy (real
name: Jacinto Molina)
(Count Dracula / Dr Wendell Marlow)
Rosanna Yanni (Senta)
Haydée Politoff (Karen)
Mirta Miller (Elke)
José Manuel Martín
Julia Peña
Álvaro de Luna
Susana Latur
Benito Pavón
Leandro San José
With
Ingrid Garbo as "Marlene"
And
Vic Winner (real name: Víctor Alcázar) (Imre)
PLOT SUMMARY
In 1870, a quartet of travellers become stranded in the Carpathian
mountains when their carriage loses a wheel. Seeking shelter, they take
refuge in an abandoned asylum in the shadow of an imposing castle owner
by the mysterious Mr Wendell who turns out to be the dreaded vampire
Count Dracula.
CAPSULE REVIEW
Despite some ludicrous dialogue and mannered posturing, this is one
of Naschy's better films, a strange, haunting reworking of the Dracula
story that throws Stoker to the wind and takes off in its own direction.
Though the production values are obviously rock bottom, El gran
amor del conde Dracula exerts an almost hypnotic hold over
its unsuspecting audience, possessed of a style quite absent from any
other Naschy film.
AVAILABILITY
Canada
Theatrical Distributors: Cinépix Film Properties Inc (1976);
Creswin Films (1980); Metro Films (1987)
Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Castilla Films; D.C. Films
UK
Video Distributor: Iver Film Services
USA
Theatrical Distributors: International Amusement Corp (1974); Motion
Picture Marketing Inc (1979)
Video Distributors: Gorgon Video; MPI Home Video; Sinister Cinema; Something
Weird Video
DVD Distributor: Sinister Cinema
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: K-18
UK
Video release cut by 1 min 29 secs
USA
Rating: PG; R (edited version)
TIMELINE
1975
January
17: Finland – theatrical release
September
22: Spain – theatrical release
POSTER TAGS
Sharing his hunger for female flesh was his thirst for
human blood...
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Cemetery Girls - US reissue title
Cemetery Tramps
Count Dracula's Great Love - US title
Count Dracula's Greatest Love
I diabolici amori di nosferatu - Italian title
Draculan suuri rakkaus - Finnish title
Dracula's Great Love - US promotional title
Dracula's Virgin Lovers
The Great Love of Count Dracula
Vampire Playgirls
REFERENCES
BOOKS
Horror and Science Fiction Films Volume II p.55
credits
The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide p.74
credits, review
Reference Guide to Fantastic Films p.174
credits
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits
KEYWORDS
axe murders, dracula, vampires
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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