Dracula (2020)

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Television series
Original title Dracula
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
year 2020
Production
company		 Hartswood Films
length 90 minutes
Episodes 3 in 1 season
genre Drama ,
horror
Director Jonny Campbell ,
Paul McGuigan ,
Damon Thomas
script Mark Gatiss ,
Steven Moffat
music David Arnold ,
Michael Price
camera Tony Slater Ling
First broadcast January 1, 2020 on BBC One

First publication in German		 January 4, 2020 on Netflix
occupation
synchronization

Dracula is a British miniseries with Claes Bang in the title role. The television series was produced by Hartswood Films for the television broadcaster BBC One and the streaming service provider Netflix and consists of a season with three episodes. The series is based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker , published in 1897 . The miniseries aired on BBC One on the first three days of January 2020.

action

The plot of the first part takes place in the Kingdom of Hungary in 1897 . The lawyer Jonathan Harker visits Count Dracula at his castle in Transylvania on behalf of his law firm to complete his acquisition of land in England and to assist with his move to England. Dracula holds Harker prisoner in his castle for a month, feeding on him and taking over his memories and knowledge. However, Harker escapes and is later brought to a monastery in Budapest, physically severely aged and changed, where he is questioned and examined by the sister of the order Agatha van Helsing. Also present is his fiancée Mina Murray, disguised as a nun, who was contacted by the nuns, but because of the trauma, Jonathan can no longer remember her face. It turns out that Harker is un-dead and sooner or later people will attack too. Dracula attacks the monastery and kills all of the nuns after Harker has asked him in to put an end to his existence. Dracula lets Mina go, while Van Helsing is captured by Dracula but not yet killed.

The second part takes place on the ship Demeter, which sails from Romania to England and carries Dracula and the sister van Helsing whom he has captured. In the course of the voyage, Dracula murders all of the passengers and most of the ship's crew that he has lured here by detours in order to acquire their vocabulary, memories and assets. But then van Helsing manages to free himself and not far from the English coast she sinks the ship together with the captain to prevent Dracula from reaching England. Van Helsing and the captain are also killed and only two sailors who previously escaped in a lifeboat survive.

The third and last part takes place 123 years later in the present. Dracula is discovered on the ocean floor by scientists from the Jonathan Harker Foundation, which was founded by Mina Murray after her return to England in memory of her fiancé, and is awakened from his deep sleep. It will then be held in a laboratory where it will be studied. The private foundation is headed by Zoe Helsing, a descendant of Sister Agatha. When Dracula attacks Zoe, it turns out that she suffers from cancer and that her blood is fatal to Dracula in large quantities as a result. Dracula later succeeds in forcing his release with the help of a lawyer. In freedom, Dracula meets the vain Lucy Westenra, who voluntarily lets him drink her blood and maintains a kind of relationship with him. When her former friend and member of the Jonathan Harker Foundation Jack Seward discovers that Lucy Dracula has fallen for, he seeks out his old mentor Zoe. She has since left the foundation and is waiting for her death in a hospital. When Lucy finally dies, Seward and Zoe visit Dracula, who is not even hiding. After Lucy shows up, horribly burned by an unfinished cremation, Seward obliterates her in an act of grace. Zoe, who in the meantime has figured out why Dracula is afraid of sunlight and the cross, reveals her knowledge to him shortly after daybreak. Seward gets to safety and Dracula is astonished to note that sunlight is not fatal to him and sees the sun for the first time in 500 years. It is his shame that he cannot share the fate of his glorious ancestors and human descendants that alone imposes the rules of vampirism on him. This realization of the real reason for his fear of sunlight and the cross moves him to voluntarily die together with Zoe Helsing by drinking her deadly blood for him.

background

In June 2017, Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat , who co-wrote the screenplay for the series Sherlock , began writing the screenplay for Dracula . In October 2018, the series was finally commissioned by the BBC for its broadcaster BBC One and the streaming portal Netflix .

The following month it was announced that Claes Bang would play Dracula and in February 2019 it was announced that John Heffernan , Dolly Wells , Joanna Scanlan , Morfydd Clark , Lujza Richter and screenwriter Mark Gatiss would play additional roles. Jonathan Aris , Sacha Dhawan , Nathan Stewart-Jarrett , Catherine Schell , Youssef Kerkour and Clive Russell were also confirmed for the cast in April 2019 . Jonny Campbell , Damon Thomas and Paul McGuigan have been announced as directors.

The shooting began on March 4, 2019. The shooting took place in Slovakia at the Arwaburg , in Banská Štiavnica and Zuberec . It was also filmed under the working title Dracula - Rules of the Beast at Bray Studios in Berkshire . Filming ended on August 1, 2019.

Shortly after filming ended, BBC One aired the documentary In Search of Dracula with screenwriter Mark Gatiss on August 7, 2019 . The first teaser trailer was broadcast on October 27, 2019.

Cast and dubbing

The German synchronization was created by the Interopa for a dialogue book of Andreas Gründel under the dialogue director of Elke Weidemann .

role description Consequences) actor Voice actor
Count Dracula 1 - 3 Claes Bang Marcus Off
Sister Agatha van Helsing Nun in the Budapest monastery (1897) 1 - 3 Dolly Wells Alexandra Wilcke
Dr. Zoe Helsing Foundation scientist (2020) 2, 3
Jonathan Harker Attorney for Dracula (1897) 1 John Heffernan Viktor Neumann
Mina Murray Harker's fiancée 1 Morfydd Clark Jodie Blank
Mother Superior in the Budapest monastery 1 Joanna Scanlan Karin David
Elena Dracula's bride 1 Lujza judge
Captain Sokolov Crew of the Demeter 2 Jonathan Aris
Valentine 2 Clive Russell Reinhardt Scheunemann
Olgars 2 Yousseff Kerkour
Piotr 2 Samuel Blenkin Konrad Bösherz
Portmann 2 Anthony Flanagan Jonas Lauenstein
Abramoff 2 Alec Utgoff Dirk Talaga
Dr. Sharma Passengers of the Demeter 2 Sacha Dhawan Marius Clarén
Yamini Note 1 2 Lily Kakkar
Grand Duchess Valeria 2 Catherine Schell Kornelia buoy
Lord Ruthven Note 2 2 Patrick Walshe McBride Henning Nöhren
Dorabella 2 Lily Dodsworth-Evans Lydia Morgenstern
Adisa 2 Nathan Stewart-Jarrett Rainer Fritzsche
Lucy Westenra 3 Lydia West Runa Aléon
Jack Seward Member of the foundation 3 Matthew Beard Dirk Petrick
Frank Renfield Dracula's Lawyer (2020) 3 Mark Gatiss Tobias Lelle
Bloxham Member of the foundation 3 Lyndsey Marshal
Kathleen Englishwoman 3 Chanel Cresswell Friederike Walke
Quincey Morris Texan, Lucy's fiance 3 Phil Dunster Simon Derksen
Note 1The role Yamini is deaf and uses sign language . So she doesn't have a voice actress.
Note2The role of Lord Ruthven is named after the vampire in The Vampire by John Polidori .

reception

In English-speaking countries

On the Rotten Tomatoes aggregator side , the trilogy received a tomatometer rating of 72% based on the evaluation of 50 reviews, of which 36 reviews were rated as predominantly positive ( fresh ) and 14 as predominantly negative ( rotten ).

In German-speaking countries

In a review in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Oliver Junge speaks of a great horror opera that also acts like a post-modern commentary. He draws a comparison to the modernized version of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock by the same scriptwriters and says that the "cheekily coiffed" Dracula trilogy may not be quite as inventive, but it could hardly be more scary.

Thomas Klingenmaier discusses the trilogy in the Stuttgarter Zeitung and says that despite a few hang-ups and questionable decisions, it offers good entertainment and new and surprising aspects of the story. She scrubs the tartar of the vampire myth and the figure of Agatha van Helsing is the most interesting adversary that Dracula has ever had.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Netflix & BBC One Board Three-Part 'Dracula' Series From 'Sherlock' Creators , Deadline.com , accessed November 15, 2019.
  3. ↑ 'The Girl in the Spider's Web' Star Claes Bang Stakes Claim As Dracula In Hartswood's Netflix & BBC Drama , Deadline.com , accessed November 15, 2019.
  4. ↑ 'Dracula': 'The Crown's John Heffernan &' Doll & Em's Dolly Wells Bite Into Spooky BBC & Netflix Drama , Deadline.com , accessed November 15, 2019.
  5. ↑ BBC, Netflix 'Dracula' Series Sets Directors, Adds Cast , Variety.com , accessed November 15, 2019.
  6. ↑ Steven Moffat marks first day of filming on Dracula , RadioTimes.com , accessed November 15, 2019.
  7. ↑ V banskoštiavnickom Starom zámku budú nakrúcať Drakulu , Aktuality.sk , accessed on 15 November of 2019.
  8. ↑ Dracula films Slovakia as Transylvania , TheKnowledgeOnline.com , accessed November 15, 2019.
  9. ↑ Mark Gatiss announces 'that's a wrap' on Netflix and BBC co-production Dracula after seven months , Independent.co.uk , accessed November 15, 2019.
  10. ↑ Mark Gatiss wants to "get back to the vampire's roots" for new Dracula documentary , RadioTimes.com , accessed on November 15, 2019.
  11. ↑ The first-look teaser trailer for Sherlock creators' Dracula has arrived , DigitalSpy.com , accessed November 15, 2019.
  12. ↑ Dracula is out to give you 'nightmares': Showrunner Steven Moffat's warning ahead of BBC One horrror , Metro.co.uk , accessed November 15, 2019.
  13. ↑ Dracula. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on January 8, 2020 .
  14. ↑ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dracula_2019/s01 (accessed June 7, 2020)
  15. ↑ Oliver Junge: The count asks to dance . Frankfurter Allgemeine, January 4, 2020
  16. ↑ Thomas Klingenmaier: Away with the tartar . Stuttgarter Zeitung, January 6, 2020