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Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
Meet the man behind the legend in this true story of Vlad the Impaler, whose vicious and cruel reputation as a bloodthirsty warlord became the basis for the myth of Dracula.
- Original title
- Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
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CinemaSerf
Aug 28, 2023 · via TMDB
I was drawn to this film by a trailer in which I could swear that I saw Roger Daltrey (from "The Who") and indeed, sparingly, here he is as "Janos", the King who decides to empower "Vlad Tepes" (Rudolf Martin) to fight against the Ottoman empire and to free his Romanian nation from their occupying yoke. This film makes no reference at all to any of the more traditional vampiric myth. It's basically just a low-budget history of a princely freedom-fighter who galvanises his people to resist their oppressive overlords. There are plenty of bloody battle scenes, a fair amount of impaling and generally the story processes well and quite excitingly with a decent degree of production values. The acting and the writing, however, are really poor with a stilted dialogue clunkily delivered by a lacklustre cast. I found there to be no chemistry at all between the lead and his Princess "Lidia" (Jane March). Insofar as there is any fact about this man, this effort does depict a story of a flawed and compromised man with a mission - and of one you crossed at your peril - well, and makes for a good adventure worthy of far better casting.
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Rudolf Martin
Vlad
Jane March
Lidia
Christopher Brand
Bruno
Peter Weller
Father Stefan
Roger Daltrey
King Janos
Michael Sutton
Radu
Răzvan Vasilescu
Aron
Maia Morgenstern
Woman at Fountain
Claudiu Bleonţ
Sultan Mohamed
Dan Bordeianu
Vlad III - Age 18
Dan Badarau
Vlad Dracula's Father
Mircea Stoian
Bald Noble
Laura Creț
Lady in Waiting
Marius Capotă
Prince Karl's Soldier
Christian Niculescu
Production Design
Dermott Downs
Director of Photography
Oana Păunescu
Costume Designer
Katona Péter
Stunts
Levente Lezsák
Stunts
Joe Chappelle
Director
Vlad Păunescu
Associate Producer
Donald Kushner
Executive Producer
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