Countess Dracula

Hungary, XVII century. After being widowed, the old countess Elizabeth Nádasdy, of the Báthory lineage, fortunately discovers a way to become young again; but the price to be paid by those around her will be high and bloody.

Cast

Ingrid Pitt

as Countess Elisabeth

Nigel Green

as Captain Dobi

Sandor Elès

as Imre Toth

Maurice Denham

as Master Fabio

Lesley-Anne Down

as Ilona

Patience Collier

as Julie

Peter Jeffrey

as Captain Balogh

Leon Lissek

as Sergeant of Bailiffs

Jessie Evans

as Rosa

Andrea Lawrence

as Ziza

Reviews

John Chard

Countess Bathory. Countess Dracula is directed by Peter Sasdy and written by Jeremy Paul. It stars Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green, Sandor Eles, Maurice Denham, Patience Collier and Lesley-Anne Down. Out of Hammer Film Productions, music is by Harry Robertson and Eastmancolor cinematography by Kenneth ...

Wuchak

Hammer’s Gothic drama/horror based on the infamous Countess Bathory RELEASED IN 1971-1972 and directed by Peter Sasdy, "Countess Dracula" chronicles events in medieval Hungary where the aging Countess Elisabeth (Ingrid Pitt) cruelly reigns with her Steward, Captain Dobi (Nigel Green). She discov...

CinemaSerf

The elderly, and recently widowed “Countess Elizabeth” (Ingrid Pitt) is not quite ready to give us the ghost just yet, especially when she discovers a rather macabre method of regaining - for a time - her own youth. Of course, there’s no such thing as a free lunch, especially if you are one of the c...

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