This film is a biography of the man whose life is generally considered to have given rise to the legend of the vampire, count dracula. He tells us his tale and how it relates to the films and books of today about the famous. Vlad tepes and swarm award origin spacebattles forums. Vlad tepes movie, 1982 english subtitles vlad dracula. Vlad tepes, otherwise known as vlad the impaler and dracula, fights the ottoman. It tells the true story of this controversial figure who was both hero and villain against the rich backdrop of. Drama,istoric in prima sa domnie 1456 1462, vlad tepes isi consolideaza puterea pentru a apara independenta tarii aflate intro dubla subordonare.
These stories were brought to russia and became the basis for. Historical places linked to dracula history and legend. Dracula, the great undead aka vincent prices dracula 1982 what is more wonderful than the storytelling voice and presence of vincent price plus the history of dracula. It was the first book which launced the ambiguousity around the name of the descendant. Vlad tepes 1982 vlad the impaler the true life of dracula uncut eng. Vlad tepes is a member of vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Marxist dracula meets vlad the impaler and the propaganda. This source book contains an historical overview of the period and a chronology detailing the important events and battles from the age of vlad the impaler and the ottoman turks. As the citadel was closer to the border on the way of the turkish invasions, vlad the impaler enlarged and transformed it.
Vlad tepes, otherwise known as vlad the impaler and dracula, fights the ottoman turks on the battlefield and the hungarian boyars in his. Fifteenthcentury rumanian nobleman vlad tepes skillfully defended his homeland of wallachia in 1457 from the ottoman turks led by mohammed ii, who had just conquered the last remnant of the byzantine empire and large portions of europe including presentday. The real person, vlad tepes, was a leader who was appreciated by his people. Those kinds of punishments were detailed in the altenberger codex chronicle brought from vienna to sibiu in transylvania at 1453. This coin is from the fictionized days of his triumph although temporary one over the ottaman turks. Vincent prices dracula 1982 directed by john muller, jerry. With mihai paladescu, petre gheorghiudolj, andrei bursaci, nicolae mavrodin.
Vlad tepes marturisind dreapta credinta by nouarevolutie luminata. A historical movie, about the romanians and the ottoman empire. Not much more the two blend together perfectly well. The makers of this excellent film on the nature and history of islam have been kind enough to allow me to stream this film from my blog. More than anything else the historical dracula is known for his inhuman cruelty. Even if vlad tepes dracula is a very popular character in the world, many people really do not really know his true story. The life and legacy of vlad the impaler chronicles the historic life, reign, and legacy of the notorious leader, but it also examines the controversial legends and tales about him in an attempt to separate fact from fiction.
It has been a great rumor that vlad tepes was buried in snagov for many centuries because he was decapitated near the marshes of bucharest when he died in 1476. Wed give him the vlad tepes, whose origin should be obvious, but it didnt ever seem to do any good, and the new users at the time were devaluing the vlad tepes and wednesday adams thank god we saved the bolo stomp from them, so i created this with a. He was called vlad the impaler, son of the dragon, after slaughtering thousands by impaling them on. At snagov there is even a grave setup for him where people to this day often leave t. I have also spanish and serbian subtitles but they are for the shorter version of the movie and they dont fit. His sobriquet dracula meaning son of dracul was derived from the latin draco dragon after his fathers induction into the order of the dragon, created by holy roman emperor sigismund for the defense of christian europe against the ottoman empire.
Impaler identifies his favourite method of execution. Vezi vlad tepes 1982 online gratis filme romanesti. Its a fantasy coinage with a denomination of three silver ducats, thus a vlad dracula three ducat silver coin. Price takes up back, way back, to the time of vlad tepes the real dracula. Impalement was and is one of the most gruesome ways of dying imaginable, as it was typically slow and painful. Set in the 15th century, the player is romanian general vlad iii whose goal is to recapture lands that were lost to the turkish. His mother is believed to be the second wife of vlad dracul, princess cneajna of. Vlad tepes, also known as vlad the impaler and dracula was a 15th century wallachian warlord whose brutality was immortalized in the stories of contemporary european publicists. After some double checking with expert historians i found out that the famous book of mcnally and florescu has the strong characteristic of a professional hoax. Vlad tepes 1982 vlad the impaler, historical movies, period movies. Vlad tepes, otherwise known as vlad the impaler and dracula, fights the ottoman turks on the battlefield and the hungarian boyars in his court. He is often considered one of the most important rulers in wallachian history and a national hero of romania. Lee also appeared as dracula in the 1970 spanishgerman adaptation and dracula and son lee has played dracula mores times in film than any other actor. Impalement was vlad iiis preferred method of torture and execution.
Vlad tepes dracula was cruel, but to not forget that a cruel atmosphere dominated europe in those times, from russia to france. Vincent price hosts this indepth look at the mysteries surrounding the middle age belief in bloodsucking vampires. There is this story that during his rule there was a fountain in the woods where they put a gold cup for the travelers to drink, and no one stole it. Romanian historians and vlad tepes before the communist period. Vlad tepes 1979 vlad the impaler the true life of dracula.
Five films featuring vlad tepes fictional counterpart count dracula were. With stefan sileanu, ernest maftei, emanoil petrut, teofil valcu. Vlad was the second of four brothers born into the noble family of vlad ii dracul. It is true that he was cruel, but he was fair at the same time, so only those who did wrong had to tremble. This is the name given to vlad dracula, ruler of wallachia, because impalement was his prefered and most famous form of execution. Origins of the slavic narratives about the historical dracula.