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Countess Dracula (Original title)
Dates: 1970 (Copyright), 14 February 1971 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Peter Sasdy

Synopsis: An ageing European countess finds that if she bathes in the blood of virgins her youth is restored. Inspired by the story of Erzsébet Báthory

Genre:
Horror

Subject:
Báthory, Erzsébet (1560-1614)
Releases
Date: 1970Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 93 mins Length: 8356 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1986Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 2002Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specifiedRuntime: 93 mins 32 secs - Distributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (29)
©/A Hammer Production: Hammer Film Productions, Presents: The Rank Organisation, Produced by: Alexander Paal, Production Manager: Christopher Sutton, Assistant Director: Ariel Levy, [3rd Assistant Director]: Martin Baker, Continuity: Gladys Goldsmith, Screenplay by: Jeremy Paul, Story by: Alexander Paal, Peter Sasdy, Based on an idea by: Gabriel Ronay, Director of Photography: Ken Talbot, Camera Operator: Ken Withers, Special Effects: Bert Luxford, Editor: Henry Richardson, Art Director: Philip Harrison, Construction Manager: Arthur Banks, Costume Designer: Raymond Hughes, Wardrobe Master: Brian Owen-Smith, Make-up Supervisor: Tom Smith, Hairdressing Supervisor: Pat McDermott, Music Composed by: Harry Robinson, Musical Supervisor: Philip Martell, Choreographer: Mia Nardi, Sound Recordist: Kevin Sutton, Sound Editor: Al Streeter, Dubbing Mixer: Ken Barker, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast (30)
Ingrid Pitt (Countess Elisabeth Nadasdy), Nigel Green (Captain Dobi), Sandor Elès (Imre Toth), Maurice Denham (Master Fabio), Lesley-Anne Down (Ilona), Patience Collier (Julie), Peter Jeffrey (Captain Balogh), Leon Lissek (sergeant of bailiffs), Jessie Evans (Rosa), Andrea Lawrence (Ziza), Susan Brodrick (Teri), Ian Trigger (clown), Nike Arrighi (gypsy girl), Peter May (Janco), John Moore (priest), Joan Haythorne (second cook), Marianne Stone (kitchen maid), Charles Farrell (the seller), Sally Adcock (Bertha), Anne Stallybrass (pregnant woman), Paddy Ryan (man), Michael Cadman (young man), Hülya Babus (belly dancer), Lesley Anderson, Biddy Hearne, Diana Sawday (gypsy dancer), Andrew Burleigh (1st boy), Gary Rich (2nd boy), Albert Wilkinson, Ismed Hassan (circus midget)