Vampyr (1932)
1932 · Feature film · 75 min · dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
The strange adventure of Allan Gray.
- Horror
- vampire film
Synopsis
Allan Gray, a young man fascinated by the supernatural, goes to a small village where he feels a sinister force descending upon him. There, Allan meets an old man who asks him to protect his two daughters, for one of them has been bitten by a vampire.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Writer
- Sheridan Le Fanu
- Composer
- Wolfgang Zeller
- Cinematography
- Rudolph Maté
- Studio
- Tobis Filmkunst
- Released
- 1932-05-06
- Original title
- Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey
- Running time
- 75 minutes
- Language
- German
- Collection
- Sci-Fi & Horror, Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Carl Th. Dreyer
- Carl Theodor Dreyer
- English-intertiles
- English-subtitles
- fantasy
- Sheridan Le Fanu
Cast & crew
Carl Theodor Dreyer Director
Nicolas de Gunzburg
Rena Mandel
Maurice Schutz
Sybille Schmitz
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Almost one hundred years old and... · ManFromUncool · 2025-03-19
As I write, this film is almost one hundred years old and is the premier example of how people who judge films by their great age often miss out. "Vampyr" is an all time favourite of mine: its eerie tone is unique and irreproducible. It's an irony that the film, as a vanity project, belongs in the most risible of categories but is still sublime. ( From memory, the vanity funding arose as a solution for Dreyer to a lack of funds because he was supposedly difficult to work with. This funding problem was a recurring one for Dreyer. An excellent documentary about the director, "My Metier", shows…