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In the 15th century, Vlad Dracula is the Prince of Wallachia and Transylvania.As a child, he was a royal ward of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and was trained to be a soldier in Sultan's elite janissary corps, where he became their most feared warrior, earning the moniker "Vlad the Impaler, Son of the Dragon", but became sickened by his own actions and abandoned his past.
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula, alternately titled Dracula: The Dark Prince and Dark Prince: The Legend of Dracula, [2] is a 2000 biographical film directed by Joe Chappelle. The film follows the exploits of Vlad the Impaler , the historical figure that the title character from Bram Stoker 's 1897 novel Dracula was named after.
This "Dracula" is its own creature – a curious and occasionally menacing vision of the original story. Don't be afraid to laugh, either. Review: 'Dracula' grows a broody set of teeth at the ...
The City of Sighișoara, where you can visit the house in which Vlad the Impaler was born; Old Princely Court ("Palatul Curtea Veche") in Bucharest; Snagov Monastery ("Mănăstirea Snagov"), where, according to the legend, Vlad's remains were buried; The ruins of the Poenari Fortress (considered to be the authentic Dracula's Castle)
Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Țepeș [ˈ v l a d ˈ ts e p e ʃ]) or Vlad Dracula (/ ˈ d r æ k j ʊ l ə,-j ə-/; Romanian: Vlad Drăculea [ˈ d r ə k u l e̯a]; 1428/31 – 1476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77.
In Anno Dracula, an alternative history novel series by Kim Newman, where Count Dracula won and spread vampirism across the world—in Dracula Cha Cha Cha, Count Dracula's first wife is mentioned as "Elisabeta of Transylvania"; [130] the name was taken from this film version (Vlad the Impaler's first wife's name is unknown historically).
A parody of Dracula and horror movies that follows Fracchia's task of selling real estate in Transylvania, namely the castle of Count Dracula. The Monster Squad: 1987 United States: Fred Dekker: André Gower, Robby Kiger, Duncan Regehr: Had not only Dracula and the other Universal monsters in it, but his vampire brides also appeared. Waxwork: 1988
Vlad Țepeș is a 1979 Romanian historical drama film directed by Doru Năstase. [1] The film recounts the story of Vlad the Impaler (also known as Vlad Dracula), the mid-15th century Voivode of Wallachia , and his fights with the Ottoman Turks on the battlefield and with the Boyars in his court.