The Countess (2009) on Netflix
NR20091h 38mBiographyDramaHistory
In 17th century Hungary, Countess Erzebet Bathory falls for young Istvan Thurzo. When his father ends the match, she comes to believe that virgins' blood can keep her young.
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Born in 1560 into the noble Báthory family, Erzebet Bathory is raised by her parents to accept cruelty. As a teenager she is impregnated by a peasant lover and made to watch him tortured and executed; her mother takes the baby away. She is married to Count Ferenc Nadasdy and bears three children, and he dies of a disease contracted abroad. At a ball she meets Istvan Thurzo, the 21-year-old son of Count Gyorgy Thurzo, and falls in love. His father forces the young man to end the relationship and marry a Danish merchant's daughter. Erzebet, 39, blames their age difference. After a servant's blood splashes her, she becomes convinced that virgins' blood holds eternal youth and beauty.
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