Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

6.3(3 votes)
2007
0h 52m
Documentary
Horror

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.

Production

AVRO Television, ARTE

Cast

Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

Himself (archive footage)

Clark Gable

Clark Gable

Himself (archive footage)

Lon Chaney

Lon Chaney

Himself (archive footage)

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Himself (archive footage)

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

Himself (archive footage)

Carroll Borland

Carroll Borland

Herself (archive footage)

Bela Lugosi Jr.

Bela Lugosi Jr.

Himself

Helen Richman

Helen Richman

Herself

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