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Vampyr

Vampyr

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Summary

Horror directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, starring Julian West. A traveller with an interest in the supernatural visits an old inn and uncovers evidence of vampires.

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Review

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

David Oppedisano

Although primarily based on Carmilla, Carl Theodor Dreyer's hypnotic psychological chiller also borrows from other stories contained in J Sheridan Le Fanu's collection, In a Glass Darkly. The film's visual ethereality was a happy accident caused by the fogging of a lens, but the dreamlike structure (with its shifting perspectives, unexpected juxtapositions and defiance of logic) was adopted in a conscious attempt to keep the viewer disorientated. Shot on location in France, this was Dreyer's first talkie, although dialogue was totally subordinate to the way his eerily poetic, almost erotic, imagery probes the links between good and evil, imagination and reality, faith and the supernatural. A singular masterwork.

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Cast

rolenameDavid GrayJulian WestLord of the ManorMaurice SchutzGisèleRena MandelLéoneSybille SchmitzVillage doctorJan HieronimkoMarguerite ChopinHenriette GérardOld servantAlbert BrasNurseJane MoraJeanne, housekeeperN Babanini

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rolenameDirectorCarl Th Dreyer

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Theatrical distributor

C.I.C. (UK)

Languages

German

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Black and white

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