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Plot Summary:
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Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night. |
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Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)
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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)
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Tech Info:
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- Budget:
- $355,000
- Revenue:
- $700,000
- Color Info:
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B&W
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- Aspect Ratio:
- 1.37 : 1
- Cinematographic Process:
- Spherical
- Film Negative Format:
- 35 mm
- Printed Film Format:
- 35 mm
- Shooting Dates:
- 29 Sep 1930 - 15 Nov 1930
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Quotes:
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Dracula: This is very old wine. I hope you will like it.
Renfield: Aren't you drinking?
Dracula: I never drink wine.
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Van Helsing: Gentlemen, we are dealing with the undead.
Scholar: Nosferatu
Van Helsing: Yes, Nosferatu.
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Renfield: Flies, why eat flies when I can have nice juicy spiders.
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Dracula: To die, to be *really* dead, that must be glorious!
Mina: Why, Count Dracula!
Dracula: There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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Van Helsing: You'll die in torment if you die with innocent blood on your soul.
Renfield: God will not damn a poor lunatic's soul. He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those with weak minds.
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Trivia:
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- Universal Studios commissioned a new musical score from composer Philip Glass. It premiered at The Brooklyn Academy of Music on 26 October 1999.
- Bela Lugosi did not speak English at the time this film was made. He learned his lines phonetically.
- A Spanish-language version of Dracula was filmed at night on the same set at the same time, with Spanish-speaking actors.
- The role of Dracula was originally meant for Lon Chaney.
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Credits Fun:
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- Joan Standing, who played Briggs, is credited as the maid, who was actually played by Moon Carroll.
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