Excellent Movie. I saw the cut, chopped, and delayed dubbing version. Still intense.
Clearly a propaganda movie to make Vlad look like a hero. And I guess it worked on the most part. The version I saw was part of a double movie on one DVD with another more modern and inferior Vlad the Impaler movie. I would not recommend buying this DVD. The other movie was more gory but clearly low production with crappy acting. This movie was chopped on the corners, with some kind of label on the left and right throughout, the dubbing was delayed with misspellings, and it appears to have been edited with parts missing. However, the acting was incredible. The guy who played Vlad, clearly much older than 25 when he started his main rule, played the part great. His costars were great as well. Great music and cinematography.
One thing that stood out is, there are hardly any women in this movie. Only a few peasant women. So, as a biography of Vlad, this movie only shows his 2nd and main rule, but cuts out any other aspects of his life except for the business of being a price and administering law, order, and war.
Now, I see there is a youtube version that is uncut, with better subtitles. I need to check that out.
Rating is a B, or 7 stars.
Clearly a propaganda movie to make Vlad look like a hero. And I guess it worked on the most part. The version I saw was part of a double movie on one DVD with another more modern and inferior Vlad the Impaler movie. I would not recommend buying this DVD. The other movie was more gory but clearly low production with crappy acting. This movie was chopped on the corners, with some kind of label on the left and right throughout, the dubbing was delayed with misspellings, and it appears to have been edited with parts missing. However, the acting was incredible. The guy who played Vlad, clearly much older than 25 when he started his main rule, played the part great. His costars were great as well. Great music and cinematography.
One thing that stood out is, there are hardly any women in this movie. Only a few peasant women. So, as a biography of Vlad, this movie only shows his 2nd and main rule, but cuts out any other aspects of his life except for the business of being a price and administering law, order, and war.
Now, I see there is a youtube version that is uncut, with better subtitles. I need to check that out.
Rating is a B, or 7 stars.