The Countess(Movie, 2009)

Name: The Countess
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2009
Duration: T01:40:00
Rating: 3

| 1h 40min | Genres: Drama, History

Rating: 3.0/5 (with 71 votes)

The Countess is a 2009 French-German historical crime thriller drama written and directed by Julie Delpy, who also composed its score. It stars Delpy, Daniel Brühl and William Hurt. It is based on the life of the notorious Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory. The film is the third directorial effort by Delpy, who has said of the project that "it sounds like a gothic [story] but it's more a drama. It's more focusing on the psychology of human beings when they're given power." ()

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Available languages: English
Available subtitles: English [CC]

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About The Countess

Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), blinded by the passion that she feels for a younger man, succumbs to the mad delusion that blood will keep her young and beautiful forever.

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Trailer for The Countess + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Countess (2009) Official Trailer # 1 - Julie Delpy(Trailer, 2:18)

The Countess (2009) Official Trailer # 1 - Julie Delpy (Trailer) | Trailer (Trailer)

Additional Information

Production countries: Germany, France, United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Germany

Plays in: Hungary

Made by: Social Capital, Fanes Film, X Filme International, Celluloid Dreams Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR)

Translated into 21 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 06/07/2011 (World premiere: 03/13/2009)

Appearing Characters: Elizabeth Báthory, György Thurzó, Imre Thurzó, Ferenc II Nádasdy, Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Anna Báthory

Cast: Daniel Brühl, William Hurt, Anamaria Marinca, André Hennicke, Anna Maria Mühe, Frederick Lau, Jeanette Hain, Julie Delpy, Rolf Kanies, Adriana Altaras, Henriette Confurius, Nikolai Kinski, Sebastian Blomberg, Charly Hübner, Felix Vörtler, Amber Bongard, Anna Hausburg, Justus Kammerer, Wolfram Koch, Nora Waldstätten, Katrin Pollitt, Helen Woigk, Robert Schupp, Arnd Klawitter, Steffen Scheumann, Paula Hartmann, Jakob Knoblauch, Andy Gätjen, Lutz Blochberger, Audrey Käthe Scheele, Georg Prang, Ella-Maria Gollmer, Jack Owen Berglund, Jesse Inman

Director: Julie Delpy

Producer: Julie Delpy

Screenwriter: Julie Delpy

Film Editor: Andrew Bird

Director of Photography: Martin Ruhe

Composer: Julie Delpy

Costume designer: Pierre-Yves Gayraud

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Bathory"

Keywords: woman director, noblewoman, biography, holy roman empire, 17th century, gerascophobia, serial killer, older woman younger man relationship, hungary, revisionist history

Budget: 8,500,000 USD

Revenue: 784,522 USD (= 9%)

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