Bathory: Countess of Blood
(2008)
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Bathory: Countess of Blood
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| Anna Friel | ... | ||
| Karel Roden | ... | ||
| Vincent Regan | ... |
Ferenc Nadasdy
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| Hans Matheson | ... |
Merisi Caravaggio
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Deana Horváthová | ... |
Darvulia
(as Deana Jakubisková-Horváthová)
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| Franco Nero | ... |
King Mathias II
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Antony Byrne | ... |
Pastor Ponicky
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Bolek Polívka | ... |
Monk Peter
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Jirí Mádl | ... |
Neophyte Cyril
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Monika Hilmerová | ... |
Countess Czobor
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| Lucie Vondrácková | ... |
Lucia
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Jaromír Nosek | ... |
Miklós Zrínyi
(as Míra Nosek)
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Marek Majeský | ... |
Gábor Báthory
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| Andrew Tiernan | ... |
Zavodsky
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| Marek Vasut | ... |
Bethlen
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Bathory is based on the legends surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory known as the greatest murderess in the history of mankind. Contrary to popular belief, Elizabeth Bathory was a modern Renaissance woman who ultimately fell victim to mens aspirations for power and wealth.
Redbox got rights to this 2008 reject from Czech TV, and melted it down into a 3 hour movie that they tried to pass off with a horror sub-title, "Countess of Blood".
Instead, what you get is a Hungarian History lesson that is about as clear as Goolash. They take the notorious Blood Countess of Hungary, Erzabet Bathory, who was one of the influences for Dracula, and actually try to spin her in a positive light (Namely, that if she was brutal at all, she was brutal for the time she lived in.) A tighter, shorter movie would have worked better, without the unneeded characters like the two monks who come up with wacky steam-punk inventions.
I think the movie looks great and puts you in that time period pretty well... and it quickly touches on the politics of feudal Austria-Hungary. But it's really just too long and unfocused.