Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
Discover the man behind the legend in this true account of Vlad the Impaler, whose vicious and cruel reputation as a bloodthirsty warlord laid the foundation for the Dracula myth.
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Joe Chappelle
Maggie Parker
Lari Maronese
Cornelia Stefan
Alexandra Burca
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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.
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The directors of Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula are Joe Chappelle, Maggie Parker, Lari Maronese, Cornelia Stefan, and Alexandra Burca.
The cast of Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula includes Peter Weller as Father Stefan, Maia Morgenstern as Woman at Fountain, Dan Badarau as Vlad Dracula's Father, Roger Daltrey as King Janos, Rudolf Martin as Vlad, Claudiu Bleonţ as Sultan Mohamed, Claudiu Trandafir as Prince Karl, Constantin Bărbulescu as Sentry, Dan Bordeianu as Vlad III - Age 18, Șerban Celea as Turkish Emissary, Mircea Stoian as Bald Noble, George Grigore as Orthodox Priest, and more.
The duration of Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula is 1h 32 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula was released on 31 Oct 2000.
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula is listed under TV Movie and Horror on Fanbiz.
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 5.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "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 empo..."
