On Valentines Day, 1931, Universal Pictures released the film Dracula - the first true horror movie. Its worldwide success catapulted the film's lead actor, Romanian-born Bela Lugosi, to overnight stardom. "Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire" traces the life and career of this mysterious man whose name became synonymous with the evil, yet magnetically compelling Count Dracula. Using archival still and film clips as well as interviews with film historians, actors and Lugosi himself, the special chronicles the meteoric rise and then precipitous decline of a talented yet tragic man who forever changed the face of horror films.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- AVRO Television, ARTE, ORF, TVR
Keywords
- biography
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Top Cast
Bela Lugosi as Himself (archive footage)
Clark Gable as Himself (archive footage)
Lon Chaney as Himself (archive footage)
Boris Karloff as Himself (archive footage)
Lon Chaney Jr. as Himself (archive footage)
Carroll Borland as Herself (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi Jr. as Himself
Helen Richman as Herself
Top Crew
Florin Iepan · Director, Writer
Calin Meda · Writer
Ramona Iepan · Writer
Rafael Vasilcin · Cinematographer
Wolfgang Lehmann · Editor
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