The Countess
She sacrificed all for love and others for beauty
Rating: 5.9 out of 10TMDB(191 votes)
Overview
Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), blinded by the passion that she feels for a younger man, succumbs to the mad delusion that blood will keep her young and beautiful forever.
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Box office
Grossed $785K worldwide against a $8.5M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Germany
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Setting
Set in Hungary
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Music
Music by Julie Delpy
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Martin Ruhe
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Julie DelpyScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 13, 2009
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $8.5M
- Revenue
- $784.5K
- Countries
- France, Germany, United States of America
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Cast
Julie DelpyErzsébet Báthory
Daniel BrühlIstván Thurzó
William HurtGyörgy Thurzó
Anamaria MarincaDarvulia
Maria SimonHelena
Sebastian BlombergDominic Vizakna
Adriana AltarasAunt Klara
Charly HübnerFerenc Nádasdy
Andy GätjenMiklós
Frederick LauJanós
Katrin PollittDorothea
Anna Maria MüheBertha- Marlis EulitzZusanna
- Christine MayerKaija
Henriette ConfuriusKayla
Helen WoigkNadia
Jesse InmanKing Matthias
André HennickeBerthoni
Jeanette HainAnna Báthory
Robert SchuppGyörgy Báthory
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