A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.
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The Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory, wife of General Ferencz Nasady. They lived in the Carpathian mountains in the early 1600's. Elizabeth was convinced that drinking and bathing in the blood of young virgins would preserve her beauty. Her small army of henchmen roamed the countryside, kidnapping unfortunate girls who were then killed and drained of their blood in Elizbeth's castle. Convicted in 1611 of murdering at least 50 girls, Bathory was sealed in a room, fed through a hole in the door and lasted 4 years before dying.
Julie Delpy revealed in a 2014 interview with entertainment reporter Darby Maloney that the film was a huge success in France, so successful that she is practically guaranteed financial backing from French financiers for any project she wants to pursue in the future.
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Radha Mitchell (Anna Darvulia) and Vincent Gallo (Dominic Vizakna) were set to star.
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Ethan Hawke was originally part of the cast.
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(at around 1h 15mins) The fifth book on the bookshelf is the "Dictionnaire De Boyer". Abel Boyer was born in 1664 and did write a French-English dictionary. Countess Bthory died in 1614.
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Brazil: A Condessa
Germany: Die Grfin
Spain: La condesa
Finland: Kreivitr
France: La comtesse
Greece (DVD title): I matomeni komissa
Greece: — μᄉμένη κŒμ郃α
Hungary: A grfn‘
Italy: La Contessa
Poland: Krwawa hrabina
Russia: “€а„ин
Slovenia: Krvava grofica
Turkey (Turkish title): Kontes
USA (working title): Bathory
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