A 1915 silent 'vampire' that's not about blood — it's about women who drain wallets, not necks.
The Vampire is a surviving 1915 silent film drama directed by Alice Guy and starring Olga Petrova. It is one of Petrova's and Guy's few surviving silent films.
Direction
Alice Guy-Blaché — cinema's first female director, still ahead of her time.
Acting
Olga Petrova's commanding screen presence without uttering a word.
Director
Alice Guy-Blaché
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'vamp' archetype exploded after Theda Bara's 1915 'A Fool There Was' — this film rode that wave while Petrova, a Russian immigrant, crafted her own fierce alternative to Bara's exoticized stereotype.
Alice Guy-Blaché directed over 1,000 films; fewer than 150 survive. This one's survival is practically a miracle — it was misattributed to men for decades until recent restoration work.
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