Oct 24, 2007
52 min
Full-HD

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire (2007)

On Valentines Day, 1931, Universal Pictures released the film Dracula - the first true horror movie. Its worldwide success catapulted the film's lead actor, Romanian-born Bela Lugosi, to overnight stardom. "Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire" traces the life and career of this mysterious man whose name became synonymous with the evil, yet magnetically compelling Count Dracula. Using archival still and film clips as well as interviews with film historians, actors and Lugosi himself, the special chronicles the meteoric rise and then precipitous decline of a talented yet tragic man who forever changed the face of horror films.

Category

Documentary Horror

Country

Germany France Netherlands Austria Romania

Companies

AVRO Television ARTE ORF TVR AVRO YLE Hessen Invest CNC

Bela Lugosi

Himself (archive footage)

Clark Gable

Himself (archive footage)

Lon Chaney

Himself (archive footage)

Boris Karloff

Himself (archive footage)

Lon Chaney Jr.

Himself (archive footage)

Carroll Borland

Herself (archive footage)

Bela Lugosi Jr.

Himself

Helen Richman

Herself

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