Vampyr
by Carl Theodor Dreyer, Wladyslaw Starewicz
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Actor: Jan Hieronimko, Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille SchmitzDirector: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Wladyslaw Starewicz
Brand: Image Entertainment
Producer: Julian West
Cinematographer: Louis Née
Cinematographer: Rudolph Maté
Producer: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writer: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writer: Wladyslaw Starewicz
Writer: Christen Jul
Writer: Sheridan Le Fanu
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC, Silent
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 72 minutes
Published: 1998-05-01
DVD Release Date: 1998-05-13
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Image Entertainment
Description of Vampyr
Carl Theodor Dreyer's eerie horror classic stars Julian West as a visitor to a remote inn under the spell of an aged, bloodthristy female vampire. Extremely atmospheric, this rare gem delivers a decided chill.In this chilling, atmospheric German film from 1932, director Carl Theodor Dreyer favors style over story, offering a minimal plot that draws only partially from established vampire folklore. Instead, Dreyer emphasizes an utterly dreamlike visual approach, using trick photography (double exposures, etc.) and a fog-like effect created by allowing additional light to leak onto the exposed film. The result is an unsettling film that seems to spring literally from the subconscious, freely adapted from the Victorian short story Carmilla by noted horror author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, about a young man who discovers the presence of a female vampire in a mysterious European castle. There's more to the story, of course, but it's the ghostly, otherworldly tone of the film that lingers powerfully in the memory. Dreyer maintains this eerie mood by suggesting horror and impending doom as opposed to any overt displays of terrifying imagery. Watching Vampyr is like being placed under a hypnotic trance, where the rules of everyday reality no longer apply. As a splendid bonus, the DVD includes The Mascot, a delightful 26-minute animated film from 1934. Created by pioneering animator Wladyslaw Starewicz, this clever film--in which a menagerie of toys and dolls springs to life--serves as an impressive precursor to the popular Wallace & Gromit films of the 1990s. --Jeff Shannon
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