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The Countess
Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), blinded by the passion that she feels for a younger man, succumbs to the mad delusion that blood will keep her young and beautiful forever.
2009 · Directed by Julie Delpy · 100 min · Drama · History · Thriller · Mystery · Horror · 9 frames
Tagline
She sacrificed all for love and others for beauty
Crew
- Screenplay: Julie Delpy
- Cinematography: Martin Ruhe
- Edited by: Andrew Bird
- Music: Julie Delpy
- Production design: Hubert Pouille
- Produced by: Andro Steinborn, Matthew E. Chausse, Christopher Tuffin
Cast
- Julie Delpy as Erzsébet Báthory
- Daniel Brühl as István Thurzó
- William Hurt as György Thurzó
- Anamaria Marinca as Darvulia
- Maria Simon as Helena
- Sebastian Blomberg as Dominic Vizakna
- Adriana Altaras as Aunt Klara
- Charly Hübner as Ferenc Nádasdy
- Andy Gätjen as Miklós
- Frederick Lau as Janós
Production
- Country: France, Germany, United States of America
- Language: English, French
- Studios: X Filme International, Celluloid Dreams, X Filme Creative Pool, Fanes Film
- Budget: $8,500,000
- Box office: $784,522
- Themes: hungary, biography, serial killer, older woman younger man relationship, revisionist history, noblewoman, woman director, 17th century, gerascophobia, holy roman empire
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