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Dracula is a 1931 American black-and-white horror and drama film produced by Universal Pictures. Directed by Tod Browning, the movie features a cast including Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, and Dwight Frye. The screenplay was written by Garrett Fort, John L. Balderston, and Tod Browning, based on Bram Stoker’s work. Karl Freund served as director of photography, while Milton Carruth edited the film. The narrative is set in London and Transylvania, and the production was part of the Pre-Code Hollywood movement.
The film has a runtime of 74 minutes and was released on February 12, 1931. It received a Metascore of 71 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 96%. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 7.3 based on 64,876 votes. The film’s budget was $355,000, and it generated $700,000 in revenue. Dracula has won five awards and received three nominations.
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Film · TMDB
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.
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
Themes
- monster
- based on novel or book
- transylvania
- vampire
- superstition
- transformation
- spider
- halloween
- castle
- bat
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
64,051 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
71/100
- Year
- 1931
- Runtime
- 74 min
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Rated
- Passed
- Awards
- 5 wins & 3 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
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
- Languages
- English Hungarian
- Budget
- $341,191
via Wikipedia infobox
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
- Composer
- Philip Glass
- Producer
- Tod Browning
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Karl Freund
- Narrative location
- Transylvania
- Duration
- 75
- FilmAffinity ID
- 358442
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Dracula (1931 film poster - Style F).jpg
- Said to be same as
- Dracula
Show 11 more facts
- Commons category
- Dracula (1931 film)
- publication date
- 1931-03-06
- film editor
- Milton Carruth
- title
- Dracula
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- Charles D. Hall
- after a work by
- Bram Stoker
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- castle
- review score
- 71/100
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Article · Deutsch
Dracula ist ein in Schwarzweiß gedrehter US-amerikanischer Horrorfilm der Universal Studios aus dem Jahr 1931. Der Film gilt als erste offiziell zugelassene Verfilmung von Bram Stokers gleichnamigem Roman, obgleich er inhaltlich eher als Adaption des Bühnenstücks Dracula von und John L. Balderston angesehen werden kann. Regie führte Tod Browning, die Titelrolle spielte Bela Lugosi, der mit diesem Film zum Star wurde. Dracula wurde im Jahr 2000 als „kulturell, geschichtlich oder ästhetisch bedeutend“ in das National Film Registry der Library of Congress, USA, aufgenommen.
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