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Vampyr
Fantasy, Horror - 1932
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Traveler Allan Gray arrives in the village of Courtempierre and takes lodgings in a small inn. Gray has a great interest in the supernatural, particularly vampires. He's barely settled in when he feels a sinister force descending upon him. In the night an old man enters his room to tell him 'she must not die'. One of the old man's daughters, Leone, has been bitten by a vampire. In order to break the curse, Gray and Leone's sister Gisele must find the original vampire and drive a stake through her heart.
Director:
,
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cast:
,
Nicolas de Gunzburg
,
Henriette Gérard
,
Jan Hieronimko
,
Maurice Schutz
,
Sybille Schmitz
,
Rena Mandel
,
Albert Bras

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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
74 min
Release date:
6 May 1932
Country:
DE, FR
Languages:
German
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
N/A

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
With the help of Rudolph Mate's luminous photography, Dreyer creates a film of great beauty.
– Chris Peachment,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
If you've never seen a Carl Dreyer film and wonder why many critics, myself included, regard him as possibly the greatest of all filmmakers, this chilling horror fantasy is the perfect place to begin to understand.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
19 Sep 2007
fresh:
Vampyr is Dreyer's most radical film -- maybe one of my dozen favorite movies by any director.
– J. Hoberman,
Village Voice,
28 Aug 2008
fresh:
[The film conjures] inexplicable dread, on a night that feels brighter than day.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
21 Aug 2013
fresh:
Stay with him and you'll be rewarded with one of the more-unusual horror films you'll ever see -- or films of any kind, for that matter.
– Bill Goodykoontz,
Arizona Republic,
8 Oct 2014
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