Vlad Tepes

1979
1h 54m

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Vlad Tepes, otherwise known as Vlad the Impaler and Dracula, fights the Ottoman Turks on the battlefield and the Hungarian Boyars in his court.Vlad Tepes, otherwise known as Vlad the Impaler and Dracula, fights the Ottoman Turks on the battlefield and the Hungarian Boyars in his court.Vlad Tepes, otherwise known as Vlad the Impaler and Dracula, fights the Ottoman Turks on the battlefield and the Hungarian Boyars in his court.

Directors
- Dumitru Fernoaga
- Doru Nastase
Writer
- Mircea Mohor
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7.5/10

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Directors
- Dumitru Fernoaga
- Doru Nastase
Writer
- Mircea Mohor
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win total

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9/10

A nice little epic

The communistic states used historical films to make propaganda on their policy, as well as to promote national pride. Romania was not an exception and this film is one of the most interesting of its kind.

It presents the true story of Romania's national hero, prince Vlad Tepes of Vlachia, a man who tried to reform his country and resist the Ottoman invasions, using every way available, no matter how cruel, in order to succeed. The idea is that the cause justifies the means and for this, Vlad Tepes was a perfect example.

Having cinema treating their national hero as a monster since 1922, the Romanians have every right to present him as a cruel BUT great leader, which he practically was. There have been other films about this topic but no other has approached so much the historical truth as this one.

Worth the trouble of watching if you don't hate history.

1966nm
Aug 19, 2004
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Five films featuring Vlad Tepes' fictional counterpart Count Dracula were released in the same year: Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Love at First Bite (1979), Dracula (1979), Nocturna (1979) and Graf Dracula in Oberbayern (1979).

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Vlad Tepes: Who killed him?
Nobleman: Me, your highness.
Vlad Tepes: Did you have an arrangement?
Nobleman: I did it by myself. I smoothed your way to the throne.
Vlad Tepes: Bury him with the honors due to a lord. And he... should perish by the spear with which he killed.
Nobleman: Why, your highness? If I hadn't done it, you would.
Vlad Tepes: I haven't sworn to be faithful to him.