
Drácula
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Release Date
3/11/1931Runtime
104 minsGenres
Overview
At midnight on Walpurgis Night, an English clerk, Renfield, arrives at Count Dracula's castle in the Carpathian Mountains. After signing papers to take over a ruined abbey near London, Dracula drives Renfield mad and commands obedience. Renfield escorts the boxed count on a death ship to London. From there, the Count is introduced into the society of his neighbor, Dr. Seward, who runs an asylum. Dracula makes short work of family friend Lucia Weston, then begins his assault on Eva Seward, the doctor's daughter. A visiting expert in the occult, Van Helsing, recognizes Dracula for who he is, and there begins a battle for Eva's body and soul.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
SpanishBudget
$66,000Revenue
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A foundational nightmare of cinema: patient, deliberately paced, and deeply atmospheric, Dracula invokes primal horror through shadow, suggestion, and the suffocating presence of an ancient evil infiltrating orderly society. The film's restraint and focus on psychological dread over spectacle make it feel more menacing than many of its successors.
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Carlos Villarías
Count Drácula

Lupita Tovar
Eva

Barry Norton
Juan Harker

Pablo Álvarez Rubio
Renfield

Eduardo Arozamena
Van Helsing
José Soriano Viosca
Doctor Seward

Carmen Guerrero
Lucía
Amelia Senisterra
Marta

Manuel Arbó
Martín

John George
Scientist (uncredited)
Julia Bejarano
Gives Necklace to Renfield for Good Luck (uncredited)

Geraldine Dvorak
Bride of Dracula (in catacombs) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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