La llamada del vampiro (1972)

Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 1972
Running Times: 88 mins
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: Eastmancolor
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Arco Film / Lacy Films / Seseña Films
Producer: Riccardo Vazquez

SCRIPT
Script: Joseph De Lacy (real name: José María Elorrieta), Enrique González Macho, Fermín Sandoval

DIRECTION
Directed by: José María Elorrieta

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Pablo Ripoll

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Enrique G. Palacios

MUSIC
Music: Vittorio Gelmetti, Angelo Francesco Lavagnino

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: M. Soriano

LOCATIONS
Locations: Pedraza, Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain; San Martín de Valdeiglesias, Madrid, Spain

CAST
Diana Sorel (Dr Materlick)
Nicholas Ney (Carl von Rysselbert)
Inés Morales (Veronica)
Loli Tovar (Margaret)
Beatriz Lacy (real name: Beatriz Elorrieta) (Erica)
Susan Taff (Mayor's assistant)
Antonio Jiménez Escribano (Baron von Rysselbert)
Jesús Alesanco
Francisco Bonmatí
Francisco Correa
Rosario Royo (Baron von Rysselbert's housekeeper)
Marisa Tovar (real name: María Luisa Tovar) (widow of victim on bicycle)
Rafael Vaquero
Ricardo Vázquez
José Villasante

PLOT SUMMARY

In a small village, Dr Dora Maeterlick is called upon to treat the father of Baron Carl von Rysselbert who has fallen sick with a strange blood disease. But when the doctor's assistant. Erika, falls in love with the Baron, the truth comes out – he's a vampire responsible for the many deaths that have been plaguing the area.

AVAILABILITY

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Arco Film

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

West Germany
Rating: 18

TIMELINE

1972
December
16: Spain – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Aquelarre de vampiros - working title
The Curse of the Vampyr
Horrortrip - West German title

KEYWORDS

doctors, vampires, villages

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008