From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dracula’s Death
Dracula’s Death
Dracula’s Death — or Drakula halála sometimes translated
halála,
as The Death of Drakula — is a 1921 Hungarian horror
Cast
movie, currently believed to be a lost film, that was writ- • Paul Askonas as Dracula
ten and directed by Károly Lajthay.[1] The film is notable • Lene Myl as Mary Land
because it marks the first screen appearance of the vam- • Carl Goetz as funnyman
pire Count Dracula, though recent scholarly research in- • Aladár Ihász as the funnyman’s assistant
dicates that the film’s plot does not actually follow the • Dezsö Kertész as George
narrative of Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula.[2] After origi- • Lajos Réthey as the fake doctor
nally opening in Vienna in 1921 and enjoying a long and • Elemér Thury as Doctor
successful European run, the film was later re-edited and
re-released in Budapest in 1923.[3] This second theatri-
cal run, coupled with the fact that scholars are only now
See also
uncovering reliable information about the film, may ex- • Dracula
plain why the Internet Movie Database erroneously lists • Nosferatu
the film’s original release date as April 1923. • Drakula (1920)
The film is about a woman who experiences frightening
visions after visiting an insane asylum where one of the
References
inmates claims to be Count Dracula (here following the [1] Heiss, Lokke. "Dracula Unearthed." Cinefantastique
Hungarian spelling Drakula), and she has trouble deter- 30.7-8 (October 1998): 91.
mining if the visions were real or merely nightmares. [2] Heiss, p. 92.
[3] Heiss, p. 92.
External links
• Drakula halála at the Internet Movie Database
• Magyar Drakula halála web-oldal
The most well-known shot of the film.
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• 1923 films
• Dracula films
• 1920s horror films
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