Countess Dracula (1971) on Netflix
In seventeenth-century Hungary, the widowed Countess Elisabeth Nádasdy finds that bathing in the blood of young women restores her youth. Her lover, steward Captain Dobi, keeps her supplied.
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Plot summary
Seventeenth-century Hungary: the widowed Countess Elisabeth Nádasdy holds her castle with her steward and secret lover, Captain Dobi, and her nurse, Julie. When a frightened chambermaid cuts herself and a drop of blood lands on Elisabeth's face, her youth comes back. She wants more, and Dobi finds her the girls. Her daughter Ilona, nineteen and raised in Vienna, is expected home, so Elisabeth has her seized on the road and held in a cabin in the woods. Claiming to be Ilona, she catches the eye of Lieutenant Imre Toth, while around the castle talk grows about the girls who have gone missing.
Cast
- Jessie Evansas Rosa
- Susan Brodrickas Teri
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Countess Dracula (1971)
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- Countess Dracula was inspired by the real Hungarian noblewoman Elizabeth Báthory, accused of murdering dozens of women and girls. The film gave its countess the surname of Báthory's husband, Ferenc Nádasdy.
