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The Countess

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 38m
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6.2/10
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The Countess (2009)
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A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.

  • Director
    • Julie Delpy
  • Writer
    • Julie Delpy
  • Stars
    • Julie Delpy
    • Daniel Brühl
    • William Hurt
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
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    • Director
      • Julie Delpy
    • Writer
      • Julie Delpy
    • Stars
      • Julie Delpy
      • Daniel Brühl
      • William Hurt
    • 42User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Julie Delpy
    Julie Delpy
    • Erzebet Bathory
    Daniel Brühl
    Daniel Brühl
    • Istvan Thurzo
    William Hurt
    William Hurt
    • Gyorgy Thurzo
    Anamaria Marinca
    Anamaria Marinca
    • Darvulia
    Sebastian Blomberg
    Sebastian Blomberg
    • Dominic Vizakna
    Adriana Altaras
    • Aunt Klara
    Charly Hübner
    Charly Hübner
    • Ferenc Nadasdy
    Andy Gätjen
    Andy Gätjen
    • Miklos
    • (as Andy Gatjen)
    Maria Simon
    Maria Simon
    • Helena
    Frederick Lau
    Frederick Lau
    • Janos
    Katrin Pollitt
    • Dorothea
    Anna Maria Mühe
    Anna Maria Mühe
    • Bertha
    Marlis Eulitz
    • Zusanna
    Rolf Kanies
    Rolf Kanies
    • Count Krajevo
    Christine Mayer
    • Kaija
    Henriette Confurius
    Henriette Confurius
    • Kayla
    Helen Woigk
    • Nadia
    Jesse Inman
    Jesse Inman
    • King Matthias
    • Director
      • Julie Delpy
    • Writer
      • Julie Delpy
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    • Trivia
      Julie Delpy revealed in a 2014 interview with entertainment reporter Darby Maloney that the film was a huge success in France, so successful that she is practically guaranteed financial backing from French financiers for any project she wants to pursue in the future.
    • Goofs
      At about 1h15m, the fifth book on the shelf is the "Dictionnaire De Boyer". Abel Boyer did write a French-English dictionary, but he was born in 1664 and Countess Báthory died in 1614.
    • Quotes

      Gyorgy Thurzo: Love is a myth, to keep the minds of young peasants and virgins occupied with a dream.

    • Connections
      Version of Lust of the Vampire (1957)
    • Soundtracks
      Couranta VI
      Solinger Streichquartett

      Written by Isaak Pesch

      From the album "Telemusik"

      © & ® Peter Lamprecht

      Courtesy of Solinger Streichquartett/Peter Lamprecht

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    6/10
    Time waits for no one
    Julie Delpy gives her own vision (through an innocent young man's eyes who would have been one of her numerous -male and female-lovers)of a nefarious figure of history .her direction is icily impersonal but effective .Her hieratic cold look gives the jitters for her acting is restrained.Unlike Walerian Borowczyk's segment of "Les Heroines Du Mal"(1979) in which Paloma Picasso played an "erotic " countess with nudity galore,"the countess" has few bed scenes and few gore clichés -and with THAT subject,it is much to Delpy's credit.Her directing is not feminine at all (as Agnès Varda's or Jane Campion's are) and her character has the mind of a man :political power,women and men treated -with one exception- as sexual objects .She wouldn't sacrifice a virgin lad cause ,she says , God created man in his own image .She remained pious even in living in the most awful sin!

    The atmosphere which is depicted does not square with reality,if you read one of her biographies:she lived in a lugubrious castle ,in a cold area,and she suffered from chronic migraines which almost never gave her any respite.
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    • May 4, 2011

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 25, 2009 (Germany)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Germany
    • Official sites
      • Celluloid Dreams (France)
      • Filmcoopi Zürich (Switzerland)
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Bathory
    • Filming locations
      • Burg Kriebstein, Kriebstein, Saxony, Germany(exteriors: Countess Bathory's castle)
    • Production companies
      • Serenity Film
      • Celluloid Dreams
      • X-Filme Creative Pool
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    • Budget
      • €5,700,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $784,522
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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