An OK movie, good for relaxation. Unfortunately, historically inaccurate. There was no Romania at that time, but three principalities inhabited by Romanians: Moldavia, Wallachia and Transylvania. Vlad Tepes ruled in Wallachia. Related to his wife's death, there is a small stream called Lady's River that is said to be the river his wife threw herself in when she saw the turks were coming. Interesting end, but that is just fiction, of course. The legend of Dracula the Vampire appeared hundreds of years later. Overall, the movie is most fiction than truth.
Romanians do regard him as a great lord. It is said, as shown in the movie, that fountains had cups made of gold and nobody dared taking them. Our greatest poet, Mihai Eminescu summons Vlad Tepes in one of his greatest poems, The Third Letter. He asks him to come back once more and burn our country's foes...
Romanians do regard him as a great lord. It is said, as shown in the movie, that fountains had cups made of gold and nobody dared taking them. Our greatest poet, Mihai Eminescu summons Vlad Tepes in one of his greatest poems, The Third Letter. He asks him to come back once more and burn our country's foes...