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Drakula Istanbul'da

  • 19531953
  • 1h 42m
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6.2/10
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Drakula Istanbul'da (1953)
DramaFantasyHorror
Azmi is a lawyer from Istanbul. Drakula of Romania has assumed a new title. Azmi travels to Romania for legal matters. He is warned of Drakula but Azmi is a strong believer of goodness.Azmi is a lawyer from Istanbul. Drakula of Romania has assumed a new title. Azmi travels to Romania for legal matters. He is warned of Drakula but Azmi is a strong believer of goodness.Azmi is a lawyer from Istanbul. Drakula of Romania has assumed a new title. Azmi travels to Romania for legal matters. He is warned of Drakula but Azmi is a strong believer of goodness.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
483
YOUR RATING
    • Mehmet Muhtar
  • Writers
    • Turgut Demirag
    • Ümit Deniz
    • Mehmet Muhtar
  • Stars
    • Annie Ball
    • Cahit Irgat
    • Ayfer Feray
    • Mehmet Muhtar
  • Writers
    • Turgut Demirag
    • Ümit Deniz
    • Mehmet Muhtar
  • Stars
    • Annie Ball
    • Cahit Irgat
    • Ayfer Feray
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 11User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Annie Ball and Ayfer Feray in Drakula Istanbul'da (1953)
    Annie Ball, Ayfer Feray, Mehmet Muhtar, and Özen Sermet in Drakula Istanbul'da (1953)
    Atif Kaptan in Drakula Istanbul'da (1953)
    Drakula Istanbul'da (1953)
    Annie Ball in Drakula Istanbul'da (1953)
    Ayfer Feray, Atif Kaptan, and Bülent Oran in Drakula Istanbul'da (1953)
    Ayfer Feray and Atif Kaptan in Drakula Istanbul'da (1953)
    Drakula Istanbul'da (1953)
    Atif Kaptan and Bülent Oran in Drakula Istanbul'da (1953)
    Bülent Oran in Drakula Istanbul'da (1953)
    Atif Kaptan and Bülent Oran in Drakula Istanbul'da (1953)
    Drakula Istanbul'da (1953)

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    Annie Ball
    Annie Ball
    • Güzin Arsoy
    Cahit Irgat
    Cahit Irgat
    • Turan
    Ayfer Feray
    Ayfer Feray
    • Sadan
    Bülent Oran
    Bülent Oran
    • Azmi
    Atif Kaptan
    Atif Kaptan
    • Drakula
    Kemal Emin Bara
    Kemal Emin Bara
    • Doktor Naci Eren
    Kadri Ögelman
    Kadri Ögelman
    • Usak
    Münir Ceyhan
    Münir Ceyhan
    • Doktor Afif
    Osman Alyanak
    Osman Alyanak
    • Tiyatrocu
    Eser Tezcan
    Toron Karacaoglu
    Toron Karacaoglu
    • Bülent Oran Seslendirmesi
    Esref Kolçak
    Esref Kolçak
    • Dansci
    Ahmet Danyal Topatan
    Ahmet Danyal Topatan
    • Mezarlik Bekçisi
    • (uncredited)
      • Mehmet Muhtar
    • Writers
      • Turgut Demirag
      • Ümit Deniz
      • Mehmet Muhtar
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    • Trivia
      The Dracula character depicted here is the first to exhibit long canine teeth. No crucifixes are shown, as the movie is set in an Islamic country.
    • Goofs
      When Azmi smokes in the library, length of his cigarette changes between shots.
    • Connections
      Featured in Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema (2014)

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    4/10
    Some Turks eat garlic...
    'Dracula in Istanbul' deserves credit for an honest title, at least. This Turkish-made film sticks fairly close to the original plot of Bram Stoker's novel (greatly simplified), apart from moving the action to Istanbul in the present day (1953), presumably as a budget-saving device and in order to make the film more 'relevant' to its target audience ... much as the Hollywood version of H.G. Wells's 'War of the Worlds' moved the action to modern Los Angeles.

    Dracula is played here by Atif Kaptan, who was apparently (I'm told) a horror-film veteran in Turkey, somewhat equivalent to Peter Cushing. He plays Count Dracula in impeccable (modern) formal dress: white tie and tails. He is also completely clean-shaven and slap-headed, looking vaguely like a cross between Max Schreck in 'Nosferatu' and Kojak.

    The English characters in Stoker's novel are Turkish here, with appropriate name changes. The most significant change in the storyline is the conversion of demure ingenue Mina Seward into a fleshly cabaret dancer named Guzin, erotically depicted by Annie Ball. She gives an intriguing performance, turning me on more than somewhat, but this alteration weakens the story. Much of the horror in Stoker's novel comes from the contrast between the virginal Mina and the profane unholy nature of the undead. In this Turkish film, the Mina character Guzin is already depicted as a 'bad' girl, so somehow it doesn't seem quite so shocking when Dracula threatens to recruit her into the undead's legions.

    This film was made on a laughably low budget, only a bare notch above the Ed Wood level. Yet the lighting and photography impressed me, and the Turkish locations are very interesting. I wish I could say I was impressed with the actors' performances: perhaps Turkish cinema audiences actually prefer a more stylised acting technique than I'm accustomed to viewing. I'll rate this Turkish delight 4 points out of 10.
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    • F Gwynplaine MacIntyre
    • Aug 19, 2003

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    • Release date
      • March 4, 1953 (Turkey)
      • Turkey
      • Turkish
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      • And Film
      • Erman Film
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    • 1 hour 42 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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