Dracula
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7.2A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.
Released: 1931-02-1274 minDir: Tod BrowningHorror
Cast
- Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula
- Helen Chandler as Mina
- David Manners as John Harker
- Dwight Frye as Renfield
- Edward Van Sloan as Van Helsing
- Herbert Bunston as Doctor Seward
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7.3/10
64,051 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
71/100
- Rated
- Passed
- Awards
- 5 wins & 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Tod Browning
- Screenplay by
- Garrett Fort
- Based on
- Dracula , by Bram Stoker Dracula , by Hamilton Deane John L. Balderston
- Produced by
- Tod Browning Carl Laemmle Jr.
- Starring
- Bela Lugosi David Manners Helen Chandler Dwight Frye Edward Van Sloan
- Cinematography
- Karl Freund
- Edited by
- Milton Carruth Maurice Pivar
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- February 12, 1931 ( 1931-02-12 ) (New York) February 14, 1931 ( 1931-02-14 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 74 minutes
- Country
- United States
Key dates
- Published
- 6 March 1931
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Dracula
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- Karl Freund
- Screenwriter
- Tod Browning
- Cast member
- John George
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Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code vampire film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning from a screenplay written by Garrett Fort and starring Bela Lugosi in the title role. It is based on the 1924 stage play Dracula by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, which in turn is adapted from the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Lugosi portrays Count Dracula, a vampire who emigrates from Transylvania to England and preys upon the blood of living victims, including a young man's fiancée.