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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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Rudolf Martin

    Vlad

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    Jane March

    Lidia

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    Christopher Brand

    Bruno

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    Peter Weller

    Father Stefan

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    Roger Daltrey

    King Janos

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    Michael Sutton

    Radu

  7. Cast 1

    Răzvan Vasilescu

    Aron

  8. Radu Amzulescu

    Inquisitor

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    Maia Morgenstern

    Woman at Fountain

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 genera...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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