Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula 2000
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Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
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.
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.
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... Vlad
... Lidia
... Bruno
... Father Stefan
... King Janos
... Radu
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See All 1 Reviews28 Aug 2023 by CinemaSerf
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 generally the story processes well and quite excitingly with a decent degree of production values. The acting and the writing, however, are really poor with a stilted dialogue clunkily delivered by a lacklustre cast. I found there to be no chemistry at all between the lead and his Princess "Lidia" (Jane March). Insofar as there is any fact about this man, this effort does depict a story of a flawed and compromised man with a mission - and of one you crossed at your peril - well, and makes for a good adventure worthy of far better casting.
Release Date:
Oct 31, 2000 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 32`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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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 generally the story processes well and quite excitingly with a decent degree of production values. The acting and the writing, however, are really poor with a stilted dialogue clunkily delivered by a lacklustre cast. I found there to be no chemistry at all between the lead and his Princess "Lidia" (Jane March). Insofar as there is any fact about this man, this effort does depict a story of a flawed and compromised man with a mission - and of one you crossed at your peril - well, and makes for a good adventure worthy of far better casting.
Cast & Crew of
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
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... Script Supervisor
... Director
... Third Assistant Director
Cast
... Vlad
... Lidia
... Bruno
... Father Stefan
... King Janos
... Radu
... Aron
... Inquisitor
... Woman at Fountain
... Sultan Mohamed
... Prince Karl
... Vlad III - Age 18
... Vlad III - Age 8
... Vlad Dracula's Father
... Teen Vlad Dracula
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Niels Brinks... Teen Radu
... Andrei
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Orodel Olanu... Orodel
... Bald Noble
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Șerban Celea... Turkish Emissary
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... Casting
... Associate Producer
... Production Accountant
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