Count Dracula (1970 film)
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Count Dracula (German: Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht, lit. 'At night, when Dracula awakens') is a 1970 Gothic horror film directed by Jesús Franco, based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. It stars Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom and Klaus Kinski.
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Directed by | Jesús Franco[1] |
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Story by | Erich Kröhnke[2] |
Based on | Dracula by Bram Stoker |
Produced by | Harry Alan Towers[1] |
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Music by | Bruno Nicolai[1] |
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Distributed by | Variety Distribution |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
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Although Count Dracula stars Lee in the title role, it is not a Hammer production like his other Dracula films, being produced instead by Harry Alan Towers. Klaus Kinski, who would play Dracula himself nine years later in Nosferatu the Vampyre, is also featured in the film as Renfield. Count Dracula was advertised as the most faithful adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel.[5][citation needed] Among other details, it was the first film version of the novel in which Dracula begins as an old man and becomes younger as he feeds upon fresh blood.