A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.
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Henriette Gérard
- Die alte Frau vom Friedhof (The Old Woman from the Cemetery)
- (as Henriette Gérard)
Kani Kipçak
- Michael
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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- TriviaFor much of the cast, this was their only film appearance, since they were not professional actors. Henriette Gérard, who played the vampire, was a French widow, Jan Hieronimko, who played the village doctor, was a Polish journalist, and Rena Mandel, who played Gisèle, was an artist's model. Julian West (real name: Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg), who played Allan Grey, was a French-born member of Russian nobility who agreed to finance the film in exchange for the leading part. (He later emigrated to America where he became a powerful fashion journalist and mentor to designers like Calvin Klein.)
- GoofsAt exactly 16 minutes (in the Criterion DVD) as the camera pans right, there is a reflection in a glass window of the camera operator cranking the camera.
- Alternate versionsThere is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA srl, "LA STRANA AVVENTURA DI DAVID GRAY (Vampyr - Il vampiro, 1932) + NOSFERATU, UNA SINFONIA DELL'ORRORE (1922)" (2 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.
- ConnectionsEdited into Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1943)
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Another person said it best in a previous review, "Vampyr" is a masterpiece of suggested horror with truly frightening and disturbing scenes throughout. A warning in advance. This is an extremely slow moving picture. It seems to drag and usually that really bothers me but this movie is so full of images, it makes up for it. The movie is subtitled but it hardly matters since there is so little dialogue. The movies unfolds in a strange dream-like state and stays that way throughout. Your not really sure if it is day or night. There are many memorable scenes also. The policeman sitting in his chair moments before his shadow also sits down, the infamous dream burial sequence induced by a blood transfusion and so many more! If you like wonderful images and camerawork as well as a few chills, this film is for you! Highly recommended!
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- Also known as
- Castle of Doom
- Filming locations
- Abbaye de Braye, Braye, Aisne, France(recreated cemetery)
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- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.19 : 1
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