Dracula in Istanbul (1953)
"Drakula Istanbul'da" (original title)

Director:

Mehmet Muhtar

Writers:

Ümit Deniz, Ali Riza Seyfi (novel),

Stars:

Annie Ball, Cahit Irgat, Ayfer Feray

Cast

Cast overview:
Annie Ball	...	Güzin
Cahit Irgat	...	Turan
Ayfer Feray	...	Sadan
Bülent Oran	...	Azmi
Atif Kaptan	...	Drakula
Kemal Emin Bara
Kadri Ögelman
Münir Ceyhan
Osman Alyanak
Eser Tezcan

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

dracula | cult film | vampire | based on novel | character name in title

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror

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Details

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish

Release Date:

4 March 1953 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

Dracula in Istanbul

Company Credits

Production Co:

And Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

No fog machines were available to produce the fog for the graveyard scene; so 30 stagehands puffed on cigarettes just out of camera range to produce the "fog".

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Goofs

After Güzin, Doctor and his assistant going downstairs, they starts talking about Sadan's situation and the camera's shadow is seen.

User Reviews

Dracula in Istanbul???

I must say I found this movie to be 'cok ilginc' (very interesting!) or verrrrry inetersting as the late, great Vincent Price may have said. I gave it a verrrrry generous 7 out of 10. It is clearly a virtual ripof of Tod Browning's "Dracula," and it does even measure up to Werner Herzog's remake of F.W. Murnau's German classic "Nosferatu." But,as a Turkish-American, I have to thank showtvnet.com for providing this interesting guilty pleasure (sorry no subtitles) which does drag at times, but considering this film was made almost 50 years ago when Turkish film standards were even lower than they were in the 'ala Turka cinema renaissance ' of the '70s (when enormous numbers of bad films were made left and right) this has to be viewed as a noble effort. Along with "SCream Blacula Scream,' and perhaps (I've never seen it) "Billy the Kid Meets Dracula," it has to be one of the more unusual takes on this much-filmed saga.