Dracula's Death (1921)

Original title

Drakula halála

Directed by

Károly Lajthay

Genre

horror film, silent film, vampire film, thriller film

Country

France, Austria, Hungary

Runtime

1h 05m

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silent horror film from the early 1920s that features Count Dracula for the first time on screen. It does not follow Bram Stoker's novel and has no surviving copies.

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What happens

Drakula halála (transl. Dracula's Death) is an Austrian silent film that was co-written and directed by Károly Lajthay. The film was the first appearance of Count Dracula from Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (1897), though the film does not follow the plot of the novel. Production went from 1920 to 1921. The film allegedly premiered in Vienna in 1921, though no information regarding this has been found in Austria trade publications, and was released in Hungary in 1923. The film is considered lost, with only four publicity photographs of the film and a novel adaptation of the film surviving. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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