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Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht
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1973 (USA) See more »
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Plot:
Jess Franco's version of the Bram Stoker classic has Count Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens. See more » | Full synopsis »
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one of the best and most authentic versions ever made See more (47 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)

Christopher Lee ... Count Dracula

Herbert Lom ... Prof. Abraham Van Helsing

Klaus Kinski ... R.M Renfield
Soledad Miranda ... Lucy Westenra

Maria Rohm ... Mina Murray
Fred Williams ... Jonathan Harker
Paul Muller ... Dr. John Seward (as Paul Müller)
Jack Taylor ... Quincey Morris
Jesús Puente ... Minister of Interior
José Martínez Blanco ... Traveller / Dr. Seward (voice: Spanish version) (as J. Martinez Blanco)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Franco Castellani
Emma Cohen ... Vampire woman (uncredited)

Jesús Franco ... Van Helsing's servant (uncredited)
Colette Giacobine ... Greta, housekeeper (uncredited)
Teresa Gimpera ... Crying mother (uncredited)
Jeannine Mestre ... Vampire woman (uncredited)
Moisés Augusto Rocha ... Van Helsings Servant (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jesús Franco 
 
Writing credits
Bram Stoker (novel "Dracula")

Dietmar Behnke  dialogue: German version
Milo G. Cuccia  italian version
Carlo Fadda  italian version
Augusto Finocchi 
Jesús Franco 
Erich Kröhnke  German version
Harry Alan Towers  (as Peter Welbeck)

Produced by
Arturo Marcos .... executive producer
Harry Alan Towers .... producer
 
Original Music by
Bruno Nicolai 
 
Cinematography by
Manuel Merino 
Luciano Trasatti 
 
Film Editing by
Bruno Mattei 
Derek Parsons 
 
Production Design by
Karl Schneider 
 
Set Decoration by
Jack Taylor  (as George O'Brown)
 
Makeup Department
Adela del Pino .... hair stylist
Gerry Fletcher .... makeup artist
José Luis Vázquez .... assistant makeup artist
Ricardo Vázquez .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
José Climent .... production manager
 
Art Department
Francisco Gutiérrez .... property master
Fernando Quejido .... property master
 
Sound Department
Joachim Flamme .... sound
 
Special Effects by
Sergio Pagoni .... special effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Máximo López .... still photographer
Alberto Proust .... assistant camera
Javier Pérez Zofio .... camera operator (as Javier P. Zofio)
 
Other crew
Ana María Esteva .... direction secretary
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht" - Spain (original title)
"Bram Stoker's Count Dracula" - USA (complete title)
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Runtime:
98 min | UK:97 min | Sweden:91 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 See more »
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Did You Know?

Trivia:
Although the producer claims that Klaus Kinski was hoodwinked into playing Renfield when producers gave him a script with a fake title, director Jesús Franco says this was not true.See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: Renfield is held in a padded cell, presumably to prevent him from injuring himself. However there are metal bars on the cell window.See more »
Quotes:
Count Dracula:One of my race crossed the Danube a destroyed the Turkish host.Though sometimes beaten back he came again and again then at the end he came again for he alone could triumph.This was a Dracula indeed.See more »
Movie Connections:
References Dracula (1931)See more »

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19 out of 23 people found the following review useful.
one of the best and most authentic versions ever made, 9 November 2001

this is an unjustly obscured, great horror film that does more justice to the novel than any of the Hammer versions but maintains their atmosphere perfectly and outdoes "the horror of dracula" by far. christopher lee looks just like the description of the Count in stoker's novel, and far from being 'funny' or 'cheap' as some of the other reviewers here have called it (did they watch the same movie, or what?), you don't doubt it's reality for a moment. the soundtrack is really eerie and appropriate to some of the truly horrifying scenes, such as the poor woman screaming outside the castle at dracula to give her baby back, and the surrealistic scene in which jonathan harker leaps out the castle's window. kinski is superb and utterly convincing (and i'm usually not all that impressed by him) as renfield, and it is really creepy to watch his behavior at times. (especially when he eats bugs and smears the friggin blood on the rubber walls. ick!) in fact, i could find very little wrong with this movie at all, and any true horror fan will revere it. not just a must watch, a must own.

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