Blood and Roses (1960)
"Et mourir de plaisir" (original title)

Young Carmilla is jealous of her friend's engagement, and her obsession leads her to the tomb of a female vampire. The vampire possesses her and leads her to kill and terrorise the ... See full summary »

Director:

Roger Vadim

Writers:

Claude Brulé (original story), Sheridan Le Fanu (novel),

Stars:

Mel Ferrer, Elsa Martinelli, Annette Stroyberg

Cast

Cast overview:
Mel Ferrer	...	Leopoldo De Karnstein
Elsa Martinelli	...	Georgia Monteverdi
Annette Stroyberg	...	Carmilla (as Annette Vadim)
Alberto Bonucci	...	Carlo Ruggieri
René-Jean Chauffard	...	Dr. Verari (as R.J. Chauffard)
Gabriella Farinon	...	Lisa (as Gaby Farinon)
Serge Marquand	...	Giuseppe
Edith Peters	...	The Cook (as Edith Arlene)
Peters Catalano
Nathalie Lafaurie	...	Marie (as Nathalie LaFaurie)
Carmilla Stroyberg	...	Martha (as Camilla Stroyberg)
Marc Allégret	...	Judge Monteverdi

Storyline

Young Carmilla is jealous of her friend's engagement, and her obsession leads her to the tomb of a female vampire. The vampire possesses her and leads her to kill and terrorise the inhabitants of the estate. But is it all in her mind, or is she really under the control of an ancient vampire ancestor?

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | ancestor | tomb | obsession | fireworks | 

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Taglines:

Ghoul or Girl?

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

14 September 1960 (France)

Also Known As:

Blood and Roses

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Documento Film, Films EGE

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Christopher Lee was originally considered for the role of Count Karnestein, (probably as to make the film marketable for fans of his Hammer vampire films) but the part eventually went to his friend Mel Ferrer.

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Goofs

In three shots from the same scene, the bloodstain on Carmilla's dress moves from the right to the left side, then back to the right side again.

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Connections

Version of Nightmare Classics: Carmilla (1989)

User Reviews

this is one of the best vampire movie I'd ever seen.

This is beautiful and poetic. If you see this movie on English dialogue, you must see French version. English version has terrible narration. And this movie filmed in TECHNIRAMA, you must see this on letter box. If you don't, you have seen nothing yet.