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'''''Dracula's Death''''' — or '''''Drakula halála''''', sometimes translated as '''''The Death of Drakula''''' — is a 1921 [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[horror film|horror]] movie, currently believed to be a [[lost film]], that was written and directed by [[Károly Lajthay]].<ref>Heiss, Lokke. "Dracula Unearthed." ''Cinefantastique'' 30.7-8 (October 1998): 91.</ref> The film is notable because it marks the first screen appearance of the [[vampire]] [[Count Dracula]], though recent scholarly research indicates that the film's plot does not actually follow the narrative of [[Bram Stoker]]'s novel ''[[Dracula]]''.<ref>Heiss, p. 92.</ref> After originally opening in Vienna in 1921 and enjoying a long and successful European run, the film was later re-edited and re-released in Budapest in 1923.<ref>Heiss, p. 92.</ref>
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| director = [[Károly Lajthay]]
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| starring = [[Erik Vanko]]<br>[[Lene Myl]]
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| released = August 1921 (Austria)
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| country = Hungary
| language = [[Silent film]]<br>[[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] intertitles
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'''''Dracula's Death''''' — or '''''Drakula halála''''', sometimes translated as '''''The Death of Drakula''''' — is a 1921 [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[horror film|horror]] movie, currently believed to be a [[lost film]], that was written and directed by [[Károly Lajthay]].<ref>Heiss, Lokke. "Dracula Unearthed." ''Cinefantastique'' 30.7-8 (October 1998): 91.</ref>
 
'''''Dracula's Death''''' — or '''''Drakula halála''''', sometimes translated as '''''The Death of Drakula''''' — is a 1921 [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[horror film|horror]] movie, currently believed to be a [[lost film]], that was written and directed by [[Károly Lajthay]].<ref>Heiss, Lokke. "Dracula Unearthed." ''Cinefantastique'' 30.7-8 (October 1998): 91.</ref> The film is notable because it marks the first screen appearance of the [[vampire]] [[Count Dracula]], though recent scholarly research indicates that the film's plot does not actually follow the narrative of [[Bram Stoker]]'s novel ''[[Dracula]]''.<ref>Heiss, p. 92.</ref> After originally opening in Vienna in 1921 and enjoying a long and successful European run, the film was later re-edited and re-released in Budapest in 1923.<ref>Heiss, p. 92.</ref>
 
The film is about a woman who experiences frightening visions after visiting an [[insane asylum]] where one of the inmates claims to be [[Count Dracula]] (here following the [[Hungary|Hungarian]] spelling ''Drakula''), and she has trouble determining if the visions were real or if they were merely nightmares.
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==See also==
* ''[[Dracula (1931 film)|Dracula]]'' (1931)
* ''[[Nosferatu]]'' (1922)
* ''[[Drakula (1920 film)|Drakula]]'' (1920)]]
* [[List of lost films]]
 
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