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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.
- 5.7
- 1971
- Released
- 1h 33m

Ingrid Pitt
Countess Elisabeth
Nigel Green
Captain Dobi
Sandor Elès
Imre Toth
Maurice Denham
Master Fabio
Lesley-Anne Down
Ilona
Patience Collier
Julie
Peter Jeffrey
Captain Balogh
Leon Lissek
Sergeant of Bailiffs
Jessie Evans
Rosa
Andrea Lawrence
Ziza
Susan Brodrick
Teri
Ian Trigger
Clown
Niké Arrighi
Gypsy Girl
Peter May
Janco
John Moore
Priest
Joan Haythorne
Second Cook
Marianne Stone
Kitchen Maid
Charles Farrell
The Seller
Sally Adcock
Bertha
Anne Stallybrass
Pregnant Woman
Paddy Ryan
Man
Michael Cadman
Young Man
Hülya Babus
Belly Dancer
Lesley Anderson
Gypsy Dancer #1
Biddy Hearne
Gypsy Dancer #2
Diana Sawday
Gypsy Dancer #3
Andrew Burleigh
1st Boy
Gary Rich
2nd Boy
Albert Wilkinson
Circus Midget #1
Ismed Hassan
Circus Midget #2
Released
en
- #hungary
- #based on true story
- #eternal youth
- #noblewoman
- #palace intrigue
- #17th century
- #dracula
- #exuberant
Reviews

The elderly, and recently widowed “Countess Elizabeth” (Ingrid Pitt) is not quite ready to give up 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 charming young girls who unwittingly end up on the menu. Initially, her devoted ex-beau “Dobi” (Nigel

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 discovers that washing in the blood of maidens makes her youthful and orders her servants to apprehend vic

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