Vampyr
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer • 1932 • 74m • ★ 7.3
Horror
Fantasy
Mystery
Original Title
Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey
Director
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writer
Christen Jul, Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cast
Nicolas de Gunzburg, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz, Jan Hieronimko, Henriette Gérard, Albert Bras, N. Babanini, Jane Mora, Georges Boidin
Year
1932
Country
Germany
Language
English, French, German
Rated
NR
dreams
based on novel or book
vampire
grave
castle
windmill
anemia
black and white
gothic horror
inn
blood transfusion
traveler
Featured In These Movements
Alman Dışavurumculuğu
MOVEMENT
Summary
That foreign village, shrouded in the night’s mist, breathes under the weight of the supernatural. Allan Gray, a wanderer at heart, senses the darkness silently spreading as he steps into this gloomy inn. Carl Theodor Dreyer, tracing the trail of a Gothic nightmare, transforms the cinematic screen into an intermediate form where dreams and reality intertwine.
Cemeteries stretching in the shadow of an old castle and spinning windmills set the unsettling landscape of the narrative. Pale, bloodless faces and mysterious beings fuel the curse that has settled over the town. Amid the sharp contrast between black and white, a fluid sense of dread slowly envelops the viewer.
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1 win total
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