Vampyr

1932
G
1h 15m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,4/10

22 k

MA NOTE

A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.

Liretrailer1 min 16 s

2 vidéos

79 photos

Dark Fantasy Supernatural Horror Vampire Horror Fantasy Horror

Un vagabond obsédé par le surnaturel tombe sur une auberge où une adolescente gravement malade se transforme peu à peu en vampire.Un vagabond obsédé par le surnaturel tombe sur une auberge où une adolescente gravement malade se transforme peu à peu en vampire.Un vagabond obsédé par le surnaturel tombe sur une auberge où une adolescente gravement malade se transforme peu à peu en vampire.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,4/10

22 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 1 victoire au total

Anecdotes
For much of the cast, this was their only film appearance, since they were not professional actors. Henriette Gérard, who played the vampire, was a French widow, Jan Hieronimko, who played the village doctor, was a Polish journalist, and Rena Mandel, who played Gisèle, was an artist's model. Julian West (real name: Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg), who played Allan Grey, was a French-born member of Russian nobility who agreed to finance the film in exchange for the leading part. (He later emigrated to America where he became a powerful fashion journalist and mentor to designers like Calvin Klein.)

Gaffes
At exactly 16 minutes (in the Criterion DVD) as the camera pans right, there is a reflection in a glass window of the camera operator cranking the camera.

Citations
Gisèle: Why does the doctor always come at night?

Autres versions
There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA srl, "LA STRANA AVVENTURA DI DAVID GRAY (Vampyr - Il vampiro, 1932) + NOSFERATU, UNA SINFONIA DELL'ORRORE (1922)" (2 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.

Connexions
Edited into Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1943)

Commentaires des utilisateurs154

Commentaire en vedette

Surrender to Vampyr's eerie, dreamlike world....

With its fragmented plot, eerie imagery, and air of undefined menace this film more nearly realises the dream state than any other film I've seen.

The story, which follows a young man's discovery of vampiric doings while on a trip to the country, is secondary to the fascinatingly uncanny mood generated by the cinematography and effective use of sound and silence.

Yes, yes, it's old and unconventional, and requires either some extra concentration or complete surrender to its unique world, but the effort is worth it.

Vampyr should especially appeal to fans of cinefantastique, cinema history and maybe even the arthouse crowd.