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Dracula's Death, or Drakula halála, sometimes translated as The Death of Drakula, was a 1921 Hungarian silent horror film that was written and directed by Károly Lajthay. It is presumed to be a lost film.
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| Directed by | Károly Lajthay |
| Written by | Károly Lajthay Mihály Kertész |
| Starring | Erik Vanko Lene Myl |
Release date | August 1921 (Austria) |
Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | Hungary |
| Language | Silent Hungarian intertitles |
The film marked the first screen appearance of the vampire Count Dracula, though recent scholarly research indicates that the film's plot did not follow the narrative of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. There are no records in existence to prove whether the film was given a wide (or limited screening) release in the United States. After originally opening in Vienna in 1921 and enjoying a long and successful European run, the film was later re-edited and re-released in Budapest in 1923.
Screenplay
The film was about a woman who experiences frightening visions after visiting an insane asylum where one of the inmates claims to be Count Dracula (here following the Hungarian spelling Drakula). She has trouble determining whether the inmate's visions are real or merely nightmares.
- Erik Vanko (aka, known by his stagename Paul Askonas) as inmate who claims to be Count Dracula
- Lene Myl as Mary Land
- Carl Goetz as meatman
- Aladár Ihász as the meatman's assistant
- Dezs? Kertész as George
- Lajos Réthey as the fake doctor
- Elemér Thury as Doctor
- James Ard as the doctor's assistant
- Margit Lux(also) as Mary Land
- Dracula (1931)
- List of lost films
- Nosferatu (1922)
- Vampire film
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