Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode

Oct 4, 2011

1h 24m

★ 10.0

The first documentary ever to reveal the true story of Bram Stoker and his legendary novel...

Overview

This exhaustive documentary attempts to tell the history of Bram Stoker's influential novel Dracula, explaining both the historical antecedents to the story, as well as offering look at Stoker's life in order to help illuminate this enduring horror tale, and exposing some of the myths surrounding vampires that have long been accepted as fact.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Teleg Films

Walking Shadows

Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode Trailers

Cast

Narrator

Jason Walford Davies

Self

Harry Collett

Dracula (archive footage)

Bela Lugosi

Self

Dennis McIntyre

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Nicolae Paduraru

Self

Tina Rath

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Max Schreck

Additional Narration

Vaughan Prytherch

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