Vlad Tepes (1979)

Director:

Doru Nastase

Writer:

Mircea Mohor

Stars:

Stefan Sileanu, Ernest Maftei, Emanoil Petrut

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Stefan Sileanu	...	Vlad Tepes
Ernest Maftei	...	Manzila
Emanoil Petrut	...	Armasul Stoica
Teofil Vâlcu	...	Albu
Alexandru Repan	...	Mahomed al II-lea
Constantin Codrescu	...	Iunus Beg
George Constantin	...	Mitropolitul Munteniei
Constantin Barbulescu	...	Starostele negustorilor
Ion Marinescu	...	Mahmud Pasa
Silviu Stanculescu	...	Sava
Vasile Cosma	...	Mogos
Petre Simionescu
György Kovács	...	Szilágyi
Mihai Paladescu	...	Papa Pius al II-lea
Petre Gheorghiu Dolj

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

robbery | justice | vlad the impaler | valahia romania | romania | 

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Details

Country:

Romania

Language:

Romanian

Release Date:

8 January 1979 (Romania)

Also Known As:

Vlad the Impaler: The True Life of Dracula

Company Credits

Production Co:

Romania Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Dracula: The True Story (1997)

User Reviews

A nice little epic

The communistic states used historical films to make propaganda on their policy, as well as to promote national pride. Romania was not an exception and this film is one of the most interesting of its kind.

It presents the true story of Romania's national hero, prince Vlad Tepes of Vlachia, a man who tried to reform his country and resist the Ottoman invasions, using every way available, no matter how cruel, in order to succeed. The idea is that the cause justifies the means and for this, Vlad Tepes was a perfect example.

Having cinema treating their national hero as a monster since 1922, the Romanians have every right to present him as a cruel BUT great leader, which he practically was. There have been other films about this topic but no other has approached so much the historical truth as this one.

Worth the trouble of watching if you don't hate history.