Count Dracula

(1970)

★ 5.9 IMDb · 128 votes

Genres: Horror

Year: 1970

Runtime: 98 мин

Country: Germany, Italy

Director: Хесус Франко

Cast: Кристофер Ли, Клаус Кински, Герберт Лом, Мария Ром, Soledad Miranda, Fred Williams, Paul Müller, Джек Тейлор, Jesús Puente, José Martínez Blanco

Plot

A faithful adaptation of the classic tale portrays Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens.

This is Franco's version of Bram Stoker's Dracula and a non Hammer production film to star Christopher Lee as the Count once again. An English lawyer travels to Transylvania to meet his client Count Dracula for property matters. While staying in a lodge at Bistritz for the night, he is warned by the caretaker's wife against continuing his journey the following day. The lawyer ignores her warning as pure superstitious beliefs n sets off for the rest of his journey and arrives at the Borgo Pass where he's picked up by the Count's mysterious coachman. After reaching the Count's castle, he is welcomed by a thin, tall, gaunt old man who introduces himself as Count Dracula.