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Encyclopedia > Vampyr
Vampyr

Original movie poster
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Produced by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Julian West
Written by Sheridan Le Fanu (novel)
Christen Jul
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Starring Julian West
Maurice Schutz
Rena Mandel
Music by Wolfgang Zeller
Cinematography Rudolph Maté
Louis Née
Editing by Paul Falkenberg
Release date(s) 1932
Running time 75 min.
Language German
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Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg (who appeared under the screen name Julian West).
Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg (who appeared under the screen name Julian West).

Vampyr is a 1932 Danish film by Carl Theodor Dreyer, loosely based on the vampire novella Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. An art film and early example of a sound film, it is short on dialogue and plot, but is admired even today for its innovative use of light and shadow. Image File history File links Vampyr. ... Carl Theodor Dreyer (February 3, 1889 - March 20, 1968) was a Danish film director. ... Carl Theodor Dreyer (February 3, 1889 - March 20, 1968) was a Danish film director. ... Baron Nicolas Louis Alexandre de Gunzburg (December 12, 1904 – February 20, 1981) Parisian playboy, accomplished athlete, actor, producer, editor of Town & Country, Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and what some call the spiritual father of three top designers: Calvin Klein, Bill Blass and Oscar de la Renta who have all called... Sheridan Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (August 28, 1814 – February 7, 1873) was an Irish writer of short stories and mystery novels. ... Carl Theodor Dreyer (February 3, 1889 - March 20, 1968) was a Danish film director. ... Baron Nicolas Louis Alexandre de Gunzburg (December 12, 1904 – February 20, 1981) Parisian playboy, accomplished athlete, actor, producer, editor of Town & Country, Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and what some call the spiritual father of three top designers: Calvin Klein, Bill Blass and Oscar de la Renta who have all called... Rudolph Maté (January 21, 1898 - October 27, 1964) was an accomplished cinematographer and film director. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Image File history File links Vampyrcoffin. ... Image File history File links Vampyrcoffin. ... Baron Nicolas Louis Alexandre de Gunzburg (December 12, 1904 – February 20, 1981) Parisian playboy, accomplished athlete, actor, producer, editor of Town & Country, Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and what some call the spiritual father of three top designers: Calvin Klein, Bill Blass and Oscar de la Renta who have all called... See also: 1931 in film 1932 1933 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events Shirley Temples film career begins Disney released Flowers and Trees their first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor film. ... Carl Theodor Dreyer (February 3, 1889 - March 20, 1968) was a Danish film director. ... Philip Burne-Jones, The Vampire, 1897 Vampires (archaic spelling: vampyres) are mythological or folkloric creatures, typically held to be the re-animated corpses of human beings and said to subsist on human and/or animal blood (hematophagy). ... Carmilla is a novella by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu. ... Sheridan Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (August 28, 1814 – February 7, 1873) was an Irish writer of short stories and mystery novels. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ...


The film was made in black and white, and stars Julian West AKA Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg (the film's producer), Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz, Jan Hieronimko, and Henriette Gérard. Baron Nicolas Louis Alexandre de Gunzburg (December 12, 1904 – February 20, 1981) Parisian playboy, accomplished athlete, actor, producer, editor of Town & Country, Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and what some call the spiritual father of three top designers: Calvin Klein, Bill Blass and Oscar de la Renta who have all called... Sybille Schmitz, 1936, with de:Paul Hartmann Sybille Schmitz (born December 2, 1909 in Düren, Germany - suicide on April 13, 1955 in Munich , Bavaria , Germany) was a German actress. ...

Contents

Cast

  • Julian West as Allan Grey
  • Maurice Schutz as the Lord of the Manor
  • Rena Mandel as Gisele
  • Sybille Schmitz as Leone
  • Jan Hieronimko as the Village Doctor
  • Henriette Gérard as Marguerite Chopin, the Woman from the Cemetery
  • Albert Bras as an Old Servant
  • N. Babanini as His Wife
  • Jane Mora as a Nurse

Julian West is the main character of Edward Bellamys classic Utopian novel Looking Backward: 2000-1887 Nicolas de Gunzburg also used the name as a stage name. ... Sybille Schmitz, 1936, with de:Paul Hartmann Sybille Schmitz (born December 2, 1909 in Düren, Germany - suicide on April 13, 1955 in Munich , Bavaria , Germany) was a German actress. ...

Plot

Young traveller Allan Grey arrives in a remote castle and starts seeing weird, inexplicable sights (a man whose shadow has a life of its own, a mysterious scythe-bearing figure tolling a bell, a terrifying dream of his own burial). Things come to a head when one of the daughters of the lord of the castle succumbs to anaemia - or is it something more sinister?


See also

The period of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) between the fall of the German Empire and the rise of the Third Reich is considered an early renaissance in world cinema, with many influential and important films being made. ...

External links


Google Video is a free Google service that allows anyone to upload video clips to Googles web servers as well as make their own media available free of charge or through Google Video Store for a cost that they can set. ... The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about actors, films, television shows, video games and production crew personnel. ...

Carl Theodor Dreyer
Silent Films

The President (1919) • The Witch Woman (1920) Leaves from Satan's Book (1921) • Love one Another (1922) Once Upon a Time (1922) • Michael (1924) Thou Shalt Honor Thy Wife (1925) • Bride of Glomdal (1926) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) Carl Theodor Dreyer (February 3, 1889 - March 20, 1968) was a Danish film director. ... Michael (also known as Mikaël, Chained: The Story of the Third Sex, and Hearts Desire) was a movie released in 1924 directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer (director of other notable silents such as The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Master of the House (1925), and Leaves From... Thou Shalt Honor Thy Wife (also known as Du Skal Aere Din Hustru and Master of the House) is a silent comedy directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer that was released in 1925. ... The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne dArc) was a silent film released in France in 1928 based on the trial records of Joan of Arc. ...

Sound Films

Vampyr (1932) • Good Mothers (1942) • Day of Wrath (1943) • Two People (1945) • Water from the Land (1946) • The Struggle Against Cancer (1947) • The Danish Village Church (1947) • They Caught the Ferry (1948) • The Storstrom Bridge (1950) • The Castle Within the Castle (1955) • Ordet (1955) • Gertrud (1964) Day of Wrath (Danish: Vredens Dag) is a black and white film made in 1943 by Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer. ... DVD case cover for Ordet Ordet (The Word) is a 1955 Danish film, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. ... Gertrud is a 1964 film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. ...


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