Crypt of the vampires

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Movie
German title Crypt of the vampires
Original title The Vampire Lovers
Country of production Great Britain
original language English
Publishing year 1970
length 87 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Roy Ward Baker
script Harry Fine
Michael Style
Tudor Gates
production Harry Fine
Michael Style
music Harry Robinson
camera Moray Grant
cut James Needs
occupation
chronology

Successor  →
Only vampires kiss bloody

Crypt of the Vampires is a 1970s British horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and based on the novel Carmilla, the female vampire by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu . This hammer film is the first part of the so-called Karnstein trilogy , the other parts of which are the films Only Vampires kiss bloody (Lust for a Vampire) and Dracula's witch hunt (Twins of Evil) . The first performance in Germany took place on May 24, 1973.

action

The Steiermark in the early 19th century: General of Spieldorf and his family take Marcilla in custody. Laura, the general's niece, befriends Marcilla. Soon Laura is haunted by nightmares, eventually she gets sick and dies. Marcilla leaves the general's house.

Marcilla is now called Carmilla and this time is taken in by Mr. Morton. Carmilla befriends his daughter Emma. Emma also complains of nightmares, and two small wounds are discovered on her chest. While the educator Mademoiselle Perrodot becomes Carmilla's playmate, several young women die in the area. The house butler and a doctor grow suspicious. The whole time a man in black is watching the action with a smile.

The butler suspects the teacher to be a vampire. Carmilla manages to persuade him to remove the garlic he has surrounded Emma with. Then he is killed by Carmilla. She goes to Emma to escape with her. The educator asks to be taken along. Carmilla kills her too in front of the terrified Emma. Carl, Emma's young admirer, saves her by holding an improvised cross in front of him, which drives Carmilla to flight. Carmilla hides in the ruins of her family palace.

General von Spielsdorf reached the ruins together with Baron von Hartog. Hartog is a merciless vampire hunter who wants to avenge the death of his sister. The men find Carmilla's grave, which is inside with open eyes. The baron hits her heart with a stake and decapitates her. A portrait on the wall previously showing a pretty young Carmilla turns into a picture with a skeleton.

Reviews

"Horror as usual, but this time in lesbian."

"The most revealing film adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanus' vampire novel" Carmilla "relies less on horror than on pompous lesbian scenes."

synchronization

The film was set to music at Hermes Synchron in Berlin . Arne Elsholtz wrote the dialogue book and directed the dialogue.

role actor Voice actor
Carmilla Ingrid Pitt Barbara Ratthey
Emma Morton Madeline Smith Rita Engelmann
Mademoiselle Perrodot Kate O'Mara Inken summer
General von Spielsdorf Peter Cushing Friedrich Schoenfelder
Baron von Hartog Douglas Wilmer Michael Chevalier
Laura Spielsdorf Pippa Steele Dagmar Biener
Carl Ebbhardt Jon Finch Thomas Danneberg
Roger Morton George Cole Martin Hirthe
doctor Ferdy Mayne Heinz Petruo
countess Dawn Addams Eva Katharina Schultz
Curt Graham James Arne Elsholtz
Gretchen Janet Key Marianne Lutz
Renton Harvey Hall Edgar Ott

background

Web links

literature

  • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Carmilla. (English version). Dodo Press, London 2007, ISBN 1-4065-5163-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. Crypt of the Vampires. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. http://www.cinema.de/film_aktuell/filmdetail/film/?typ=inhalt&film_id=219811
  3. German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | Crypt of the vampires. Retrieved April 1, 2018 .