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Vampyr
Sign in to saveVampyr () is a 1932 Gothic horror film directed by Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer. It was written by Dreyer and Christen Jul based on elements from Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 collection of supernatural stories In a Glass Darkly. The film was funded by Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg, who (credited as Julian West) also played the starring role of Allan Gray, a student of the occult who wanders into the French village of Courtempierre, which is under the curse of a vampire. Most of the other members of the cast were also non-professional actors.
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7.3Allan Gray, a young man fascinated by the supernatural, goes to a small village where he feels a sinister force descending upon him. There, Allan meets an old man who asks him to protect his two daughters, for one of them has been bitten by a vampire.
Cast
- Nicolas de Gunzburg as Allan Grey
- Maurice Schutz as The Lord of the Manor
- Rena Mandel as Giséle
- Sybille Schmitz as Léone
- Jan Hieronimko as The Village Doctor
- Henriette Gérard as The Old Woman from the Cemetery
Themes
- dreams
- based on novel or book
- vampire
- grave
- castle
- windmill
- anemia
- black and white
- gothic horror
- inn
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Key facts
- Film.cinematography
- Rudolph Maté
- Film.editing
- Tonka TaldyCarl Theodor Dreyer
- Film.music
- Wolfgang Zeller
- Film.distributor
- Vereinigte Star-Film GmbH (Germany)
- Film.runtime
- 73 minutes
- Film.language
- German
- Film.alt
- Poster depicting Léone's staring up with an eager smile. In the bottom right corner, the Lord of the Manor holds a Candelabra while having a shocked expression. Text in the middle of the image includes the film's title written diagonally in red.
- Film.director
- Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Film.screenplay
- Christen JulCarl Theodor Dreyer
- Film.producer
- Carl Theodor DreyerJulian West
- Film.starring
- Julian West (Nicolas de Gunzburg)Maurice SchutzRena MandelSybille SchmitzJan HieronimkoHenriette GerardAlbert Bras
- Film.name
- Vampyr
- Film.image
- Vampyr1932.jpg
- Film.caption
- Promotional image for Vampyr by Erik Aaes.
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 75
- FilmAffinity ID
- 112502
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- publication date
- 1932-01-01
- title
- Vampyr – Der Traum des Allan Grey
- review score
- 8.8/10
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15 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Development
- Pre-production
- Filming
- Post-production
- Release
- Critical reception
- Home media
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Vampyr () is a 1932 Gothic horror film directed by Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer. It was written by Dreyer and Christen Jul based on elements from Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 collection of supernatural stories In a Glass Darkly. The film was funded by Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg, who (credited as Julian West) also played the starring role of Allan Gray, a student of the occult who wanders into the French village of Courtempierre, which is under the curse of a vampire. Most of the other members of the cast were also non-professional actors.
The film presented a number of technical challenges for Dreyer, as it was his first sound film and was recorded in three languages. To simplify matters, he decided to use very little dialogue in the film, and much of the story is told with title cards, like a silent film. The film was shot entirely on location, and to enhance the atmospheric content, Dreyer opted for a washed out, soft focus photographic technique. The soundtrack was created in Berlin, where the characters' voices, the sound effects, and the score were recorded.