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Dracula

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1931 film directed by Tod Browning

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A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.

Released: 1931-02-1274 minDir: Tod BrowningHorrorBudget: $355,000Box office: $700,000Part of: Dracula (Universal) Collection

Cast

  • Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula
  • Helen Chandler as Mina
  • David Manners as John Harker
  • Dwight Frye as Renfield
  • Edward Van Sloan as Van Helsing
  • Herbert Bunston as Doctor Seward

Themes

  • monster
  • based on novel or book
  • transylvania
  • vampire
  • superstition
  • transformation
  • spider
  • halloween
  • castle
  • bat

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Ratings

IMDb

7.3/10

64,051 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

96%

Metacritic

71/100

Year
1931
Runtime
74 min
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Rated
Passed
Awards
5 wins & 3 nominations total

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Key facts

Directed by
Tod Browning
Screenplay by
Garrett Fort
Based on
Dracula , by Bram Stoker Dracula , by Hamilton Deane John L. Balderston
Produced by
Tod Browning Carl Laemmle Jr.
Starring
Bela Lugosi David Manners Helen Chandler Dwight Frye Edward Van Sloan
Cinematography
Karl Freund
Edited by
Milton Carruth Maurice Pivar
Production company
Universal Pictures
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release dates
February 12, 1931 ( 1931-02-12 ) (New York) February 14, 1931 ( 1931-02-14 ) (United States)
Running time
74 minutes
Country
United States
Languages
English Hungarian
Budget
$341,191

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Wikidata facts

Duration
75
FilmAffinity ID
358442
Image
Dracula (1931 film poster - Style F).jpg
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Commons category
Dracula (1931 film)
publication date
1931-03-06
title
Dracula
review score
71/100
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Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code vampire film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning from a screenplay written by Garrett Fort and starring Bela Lugosi in the title role. It is based on the 1924 stage play Dracula by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, which in turn is adapted from the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Lugosi portrays Count Dracula, a vampire who emigrates from Transylvania to England and preys upon the blood of living victims, including a young man's fiancée.

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