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The Vampire Bat (1933) -- When the villagers of Klineschloss start dying of blood loss, the town fathers suspect a resurgence of vampirism...

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Director:

Frank R. Strayer

Writer:

Edward T. Lowe Jr. (story)

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Release Date:

21 January 1933 (USA) more

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Plot:

When the villagers of Klineschloss start dying of blood loss, the town fathers suspect a resurgence of vampirism... more | full synopsis

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(4 articles)

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A VERY under-rated film! more (37 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Lionel Atwill ... Dr. Otto von Niemann
Fay Wray ... Ruth Bertin

Melvyn Douglas ... Karl Brettschneider
Maude Eburne ... Aunt Gussie Schnappmann
George E. Stone ... Kringen
Dwight Frye ... Herman Gleib
Robert Frazer ... Emil Borst
Rita Carlyle ... Martha Mueller (as Rita Carlisle)
Lionel Belmore ... Bürgermeister Gustave Schoen
William V. Mong ... Sauer
Stella Adams ... Georgiana
Harrison Greene ... Weingarten
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Blood Sucker (USA) (reissue title)
Forced to Sin (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:

USA:64 min (2005 restoration) | 65 min (copyright length)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone System)

Certification:

USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Finland:K-18 (TV rating) | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1993)


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Censorship certificate in Finland #107700 delivered on 27-11-2003 more

Quotes:

Karl Brettschneider: Goodnight, gentlemen. Don't let the vampires get you. more


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15 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
A VERY under-rated film!, 24 July 2004
8/10
Author: norm.vogel@verizon.net from S. Bound Brook, NJ.



I take issue with the other reviewer's comments for the simple reason that this is a MYSTERY FILM, not a supernatural one! It is not the only film to have a seemingly "supernatural" explanation ("vampires"), but turns out to be a very mundance one.

Other films that come to mind are Edgar Wallace's "Before Dawn" and the (more famous) "Mark of the Vampire".

The film does a WONDERFUL job in creating a very "spooky atmosphere", similar DRACULA, when Renfield meets the Count on the staircase of his castle, or in MARK OF THE VAMPIRE, when the two people look thru the windows of the castle ruins and see a "corpse" playing an organ, while Luna descends using wings! VERY surreal!

If one likes these (often silent) atmospheric touches, THIS film is a MUST!

Norm Vogel

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