Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000) on Netflix
R20001h 32mBiographyHorrorThriller
Vlad Dracula, a dispossessed noble, fights the Turkish occupation and seeks revenge for his father's murder and his brother's capture. He finds an ally in the King of Hungary.
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Plot summary
Vlad Dracula, a dispossessed noble and patriot, fights the Turkish occupation of his homeland. Romanian nobles killed his father, and the Ottoman sultan holds his brother Radu captive; Vlad wants revenge for both. The King of Hungary becomes his ally, and with that support Vlad and his men strike at the Turkish occupiers and at the Romanian boyars who turned against him, taking the throne of Wallachia, called in the film simply Romania. The narrative unfolds as testimony at a hearing, and that hearing follows Vlad's alliance with Hungary's Roman Catholic king. Vlad is the Wallachian prince whose name Bram Stoker borrowed for the title character of his 1897 novel.
Cast
- Radu Amzulescuas Inquisitor
- Claudiu Trandafiras Prince Karl
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
SPOILER
Rudolf Martin, who played Vlad Dracula in Dark Prince, also played Count Dracula in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode 'Buffy vs. Dracula'. Because Dark Prince ends with Vlad rising as a vampire, the shared casting gives the film an unintended continuity with the Buffy episode.
