Dracula (1979)

AKA's:

Dracula '79 / Dracula - Eine Lovestory

Release date:	1979 USA/UK
Running time:	109' (cover 110') - Source: DVD (RC 1/NTSC) 104' (cover 109') - Source: VHS PAL
Rating:	Germ.: 16; UK: 15; US: R
Main Crew:	Director: John Badham (Nick Of Time 1995; Drop Zone 1994; Point of No Return 1993;                Bird On A Wire 1990; Saturday Night Fever 1977) Producer: Mirisch Corporation / Universal Pictures Score: John Williams Writer: W.D. Richter (based on Bram Stoker's novel and the play by John L.             Balderston & Hamilton Deane) Director of photography: Gilbert Taylor
Cast:	Use the dropdown menu to see the full cast Frank Langella / Count Dracula Sir Laurence Olivier / Prof. Abraham Van Helsing Donald Pleasance / Dr. Jack Seward Kate Nelligan / Lucy Seward Trevor Eve / Jonathan Harker Jan Francis / Mina Van Helsing Janine Duvitski / Annie Tony Haygarth / Milo Renfield Teddy Turner / Swales Sylvester McCoy / Walter Kristine Howarth / Mrs. Galloway Joe Belcher / Tony Hindley Ted Carroll / Scarborough Sailor Frank Birch / Harbourmaster Gabor Vernon / Captain of Demeter Frank Henson / Demeter Sailor Peter Wallis / Priest
Summary:	High atop a foggy seaside cliff lies a foreboding asylum, home to the doctor (Donald Pleasence) who runs it, and his beautiful and free-spirited daughter, Lucy (Kate Nelligan). The doctor and Lucy have taken in Mina (Jay Francis), a weak and sickly young friend of Lucy's, whom they are attempting to nurse back to health. On a dark and gloomy night, a torrential storm ravages their coastal home and a ship crashes to its doom on a nearby craggy shore. The only survivor of the shipwreck is a seductive and mysterious young man named Dracula (Frank Langella). The debonaire count charms the willing and nubile Mina, who is soon discovered dead from mysterious causes. In horror, her father is contacted and Van Helsing (Sir Laurence Olivier) arrives in haste, only to discover the real identity of the suave and beguiling count, just as he has picked his new bride, the lovely Lucy.
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