Dracula's witch hunt
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| German title | Dracula's witch hunt |
| Original title | Twins of Evil |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1971 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | John Hough |
| script | Tudor Gates |
| production |
Harry Fine Michael Style |
| music | Harry Robertson |
| camera | Dick Bush |
| cut | Spencer Reeve |
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Dracula's witch hunt is a vampire horror film by British film production Hammer from 1971, loosely based on motifs by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's vampire novella Carmilla . Directed by John Hough , the lead roles played Peter Cushing and twin playmates Madeleine and Mary Collinson .
action
The pretty twin sisters Frieda and Maria Gellhorn travel from Venice to the village of Karnstein to live with their uncle Gustav Weil and his wife Katy after the death of their parents. You have to quickly realize that life in the village is different than in the lagoon city, because while the religious fanatic Weil tries to eradicate evil together with his brotherhood by accusing young women living alone of witchcraft and burning them at the stake, he celebrates charismatic Count Karnstein has rampant orgies at his castle and celebrates black masses in which he tries to conjure up the devil.
After hearing about the rumors about the count, Frieda is fascinated and sneaks out of the house at night to visit Karnstein Castle. After a pompous dinner, the handsome count reveals his true nature to her. He has been a vampire since he reanimated his ancestor, the vampire countess Mircalla Karnstein, with blood during his last evocation of the devil - and she gave him the "kiss of immortality" in exchange for his soul.
He makes Frieda his equal and together they begin a reign of terror, whereupon the found, completely drained bodies increase rapidly. Weil and his brotherhood, frightened and perplexed, pursue their witch hunts with even more violent ruthlessness. Anton Hoffer, the schoolmaster of the local girls' school, which Weil's nieces also attend, is well versed in old folk tales and tries to make it clear to Weil that burning a potential vampire is useless, since only the body is destroyed, but the corrupted soul persists and settles in a new body. The only effective way to destroy a vampire for good is to drive a stake through his heart or to behead him.
When Frieda is caught bent over her victim in flagranti, she is thrown into prison and the Brotherhood Council sentenced her to death at the stake. Meanwhile, Count Karnstein freed Frieda and replaced her with her innocent sister Maria, who is now to be burned in her stead. Only at the last second can Maria be saved from death by flames by Anton. Frieda tried to seduce him, noticing that she wasn't reflected in the mirror. After warding them off with a crucifix, he rushes to the place of execution and tells Weil about the fateful mistake he almost made.
Together, the brotherhood, led by Gustav Weil and Anton, and the other villagers set off to Karnstein Castle to finally take action against the cause of all the misfortune. After Weil beheaded Frieda, Count Karnstein killed him with an ax. Anton uses this moment of distraction and thrusts a lance through the heart of the vampire, whereupon it crumbles into a dried-up mummy.
synchronization
The Berliner Synchron took over the setting of the film. Gerda von Rüxleben wrote the dialogue book, Konrad Wagner directed the dialogue.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Gustav Weil | Peter Cushing | Siegmar Schneider |
| Frieda Gellhorn | Madeleine Collinson | Dagmar Biener |
| Maria Gellhorn | Mary Collinson | Almut Eggert |
| Anton Hoffer | David Warbeck | Thomas Danneberg |
| Count Karnstein | Damien Thomas | Lothar Blumhagen |
| Lockpick | Dennis Price | Dietrich Frauboes |
| Katy Weil | Kathleen Byron | Gudrun Genest |
| Ingrid Hoffer | Isobel Black | Maria Koerber |
| Franz | Harvey Hall | Edgar Ott |
| Mircalla Karnstein | Katya Wyeth | Traudel Haas |
| Gerta | Luan Peters | Ursula Herwig |
Reviews
- Lexicon of international films : “ A good girl is almost burned instead of her twin sister who has become a vampire. Rather tasteless and stupid as a creepy horror mixture of Dracula, vampire and witch motifs. "
- Cinema : " Bite-proof Playmates show their little teeth "
DVD release
- Dracula's witch hunt. Koch Media DVD, December 3, 2003.
- Dracula's witch hunt. Koch Media DVD, December 15, 2008.
Others
- The film is the third part of the so-called Karnstein trilogy by Hammer, consisting of Crypt of the Vampires (1970), Only Vampires Kiss Bloody (1971) and Dracula's Witch Hunt .
- Both Collinson sisters were dubbed in the English original.
- Ingrid Pitt was offered the cameo as Countess Mircalla . She refused, which is why Katya Wyeth took over the part.
- The film sets were used again in 1972 for Circus der Vampire .
- In 2012, the film was recognized with the making of The Flesh and the Fury: X-Posing TWINS OF EVIL ; Director Daniel Griffith interviewed the surviving actors and experts Joe Dante and Tim Lucas . The 84-minute documentary was released as an extra on the Blu-ray version of the film in Germany in 2014 .
Web links
- Twins of Evil in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | Dracula's witch hunt. Retrieved April 1, 2018 .
- ↑ Dracula's witch hunt. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Synapse Films' “TWINS OF EVIL” disc details and art ( Memento from May 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )