Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

52 mins | Documentary | Oct. 24, 2007

On Valentines Day, 1931, Universal Pictures released the film Dracula - the first true horror movie. Its worldwide success catapulted the film's lead actor, Romanian-born Bela Lugosi, to overnight stardom. "Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire" traces the life and career of this mysterious man whose name became synonymous with the evil, yet magnetically compelling Count Dracula. Using archival still and film clips as well as interviews with film historians, actors and Lugosi himself, the special chronicles the meteoric rise and then precipitous decline of a talented yet tragic man who forever changed the face of horror films.

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

52 mins | Documentary | Oct. 24, 2007

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
On Valentines Day, 1931, Universal Pictures released the film Dracula - the first true horror movie. Its worldwide success catapulted the film's lead actor, Romanian-born Bela Lugosi, to overnight stardom. "Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire" traces the life and career of this mysterious man whose name became synonymous with the evil, yet magnetically compelling Count Dracula. Using archival still and film clips as well as interviews with film historians, actors and Lugosi himself, the special chronicles the meteoric rise and then precipitous decline of a talented yet tragic man who forever changed the face of horror films.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers ARTE, AVRO Television
Original title Le vampire déchu
Directors Florin Iepan
Writers Calin Meda, Ramona Iepan, Florin Iepan

Cast

Bela Lugosi

as Himself (archive footage)

Clark Gable

as Himself (archive footage)

Lon Chaney

as Himself (archive footage)

Boris Karloff

as Himself (archive footage)

Lon Chaney Jr.

as Himself (archive footage)

Carroll Borland

as Herself (archive footage)

Bela Lugosi Jr.

as Himself

Helen Richman

as Herself