A young man, Allan Gray, arrives at a countryside inn. At the very same evening an unknown man pays him a visit and asks him for help to save a young girl who is in great danger. As it turns out the girl is the unknown man's sister. Shortly after the visit the unknown man - resident at a great manor - is murdered, and Allan Gray has to come to the young girls rescue all alone. He gives blood to a transfusion, prevents the sick woman from taking poison, sets her sister who is tied to a bed free, and finally sets out with her. Furthermore he has succeeded in putting an end to the curse that has been upon the locality; together with the servant he has driven an iron pile into the heart of an old female vampire. The servant makes sure that her accomplice, the doctor, suffocates - in flour.
| Original title | Vampyr |
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| Danish title | Vampyr |
| International titles | Vampyr (L'etrange aventure de David Gray), Vampyr (Die seltsame Geschichte des Allan Gray) |
| Other titles | Allan Grays sælsomme hændelser |
| Director | Carl Th. Dreyer |
| Screenplay | Carl Th. Dreyer, Christen Jul |
| Based on | Frit efter Sheridan le Fanus' novelle "Carmilla" fra novellesamlingen "In a Glass Darkly" (1872). |
| Director of Photography | Rudolph Maté |
| Editor | Tonka Taldy |
| Sound | Hans Bittmann |
| Composer | Wolfgang Zeller |
| Production designer | Hermann Warm |
| Appearance | Nicolas de Gunzburg, Henriette Gerard, Jan Hieronimko, Maurice Schutz |
| Production country | France, Germany |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut, Gloria-Film |
| Technical info | 35 mm, Normal, Black/white, Tobis Klangfilm |
| Danish theatrical release | 27.03.1933 |
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Metropol (Strøget) Urpremiere: 06/05/1932, Ufa-Theater Kurfürstendamm, Berlin. Fransk premiere: 24/09/1932, Studio Raspail, Paris. |
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Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg played the lead under the pseudonym Julian West. He also financed the film with a loan to Dreyer. Most of the film was shot in an empty castle, Courtempierre, close to Orléans. The film was dubbed into three different languages. |
| Danish rating | Allowed for children over the age of 11 |
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| Executive Producer | Film-Production Carl Dreyer |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut, Gloria-Film |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Carl Th. Dreyer |
| Assistant director | Ralph Christian Holm |
| Assistant director | Eliane Tayar |
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Script |
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| Script | Carl Th. Dreyer |
| Script | Christen Jul |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematography | Rudolph Maté |
| Camera assistant | Louis Née |
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Editing |
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| Editing | Tonka Taldy |
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Music |
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| Music | Wolfgang Zeller |
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Production design |
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| Production designer | Hermann Warm |
| Assistant set dresser | Preben Birck |
| Assistant production designer | César Silvagni |
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Sound |
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| Sound | Hans Bittmann |
| Sound editor | Paul Falkenberg |
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Appearance |
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| Allan Gray | Nicolas de Gunzburg |
| Kvinden fra kirkegården | Henriette Gerard |
| Doktoren | Jan Hieronimko |
| Slotsherren | Maurice Schutz |
| Gisèle | Rena Mandel |
| Léone | Sybille Schmitz |
| Den gamle tjener | Albert Bras |
| Tjenerens hustru | N. Babanini |
| Sygeplejersken | Jane Mora |
| Den etbenede | George Boidin |
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