Vampyr (1932)
Vampyr (1932)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Nicolas de Gunzburg
Allan Grey / Producer
Maurice Schutz
The Lord of the Manor
Rena Mandel
Giséle
Sybille Schmitz
Léone
Jan Hieronimko
The Village Doctor
Henriette Gérard
The Old Woman from the Cemetery
Albert Bras
The Old Servant
N. Babanini
The Old Servant's Wife
Jane Mora
The Nurse
Georges Boidin
Limping Man
Rudolph Maté
Director of Photography
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Screenplay / Director / Producer
Sheridan Le Fanu
Novel
Christen Jul
Screenplay
Wolfgang Zeller
Original Music Composer
Louis Née
Director of Photography
Paul Falkenberg
Sound Editor
Hermann Warm
Art Direction
César Silvagni
Set Decoration
Hans Bittman
Sound Designer
Henri Armand
Special Effects
Ralph Christian Holm
Assistant Director
Tonka Taldy
Editor
Preben Birck
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 6, 1932
Original NameVampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 13m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Vampyr (German: Vampyr – Der Traum des Allan Gray, lit. 'Vampyr: The Dream of Allan Gray') is a 1932 horror film directed by Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer. The film was written by Dreyer and Christen Jul based on elements from J. Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 collection of supernatural stories In a Glass Darkly. Vampyr was funded by Nicolas de Gunzburg who starred in the film under the name of Julian West among a mostly non-professional cast. Gunzburg plays the role of Allan Gray, a student of the occult who enters the village of Courtempierre, which is under the curse of a vampire.
Vampyr was challenging for Dreyer to make as it was his first sound film and was required to be recorded in three languages. To overcome this, very little dialogue was used in the film and much of the story is told with title cards like a silent film. The film was shot entirely on location and to enhance the atmospheric content, Dreyer opted for a washed out, soft focus photographic technique. The soundtrack was created in Berlin where the characters’ voices, sound effects, and score were recorded.
Vampyr had a delayed release in Germany and opened to a generally negative reception from audiences and critics. Dreyer edited the film after its German premiere and it opened to more mixed opinions at its French debut. The film was long considered a low point in Dreyer's career, but modern critical reception to the film has become much more favorable with critics praising the film's disorienting visual effects and atmosphere.