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Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula

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6.1/10 • 47

2000-10-311h 32m

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Meet the man behind the legend in this true story of Vlad the Impaler, whose vicious and cruel reputation as a bloodthirsty warlord became the basis for the myth of Dracula.

Directors
Joe Chappelle
Writters
Thomas Baum
Editors
Thomas Baum, Joe Rabig

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  1. Rudolf Martin

    Rudolf Martin

    Vlad

  2. Jane March

    Jane March

    Lidia

  3. Christopher Brand

    Christopher Brand

    Bruno

  4. Peter Weller

    Peter Weller

    Father Stefan

  5. Roger Daltrey

    Roger Daltrey

    King Janos

  6. Michael Sutton

    Michael Sutton

    Radu

  7. Răzvan Vasilescu

    Răzvan Vasilescu

    Aron

  8. Radu Amzulescu

    Radu Amzulescu

    Inquisitor

  9. Maia Morgenstern

    Maia Morgenstern

    Woman at Fountain

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CinemaSerf

Aug 28, 2023

5/10

I was drawn to this film by a trailer in which I could swear that I saw Roger Daltrey (from "The Who") and indeed, sparingly, here he is as "Janos", the King who decides to empower "Vlad Tepes" (Rudolf Martin) to fight against the Ottoman empire and to free his Romanian nation from their occupying yoke. This film makes no reference at all to any of the more traditional vampiric myth. It's basically just a low-budget history of a princely freedom-fighter who galvanises his people to resist their oppressive overlords. There are plenty of bloody battle scenes, a fair amount of impaling and generally the story processes well and quite excitingly with a decent degree of production values. The acting and the writing, however, are really poor with a stilted dialogue clunkily delivered by a lacklustre cast. I found there to be no chemistry at all between the lead and his Princess "Lidia" (Jane March). Insofar as there is any fact about this man, this effort does depict a story of a flawed and compromised man with a mission - and of one you crossed at your peril - well, and makes for a good adventure worthy of far better casting.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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