A faithful adaptation of the classic tale portrays Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens.
Acting
Kinski's Renfield: unhinged, animalistic, barely contained.
Cinematography
Franco's wandering zoom lens discovers beauty in cobwebs.
Costume
Dracula's aging makeup to sleek predator transformation.
Director
Jesús Franco
Christopher Lee
Dracula
Klaus Kinski
Renfield
Herbert Lom
Van Helsing
Maria Rohm
Mina Harker
Soledad Miranda
Lucy Westenra
Fred Williams
Jonathan Harker
Paul Müller
Dr. John Seward
Jack Taylor
Quincey Morris
Jesús Puente
Minister of Interior
José Martínez Blanco
Traveller / Dr. Seward (voice)
Emma Cohen
Vampire Woman (uncredited)
Teresa Gimpera
Crying Mother (uncredited)
Colette Giacobine
Greta (uncredited)
Jesús Franco
Van Helsing's servant (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lee filmed most scenes in a single take, refusing retakes, visibly contemptuous of Franco's direction.
This was the most commercially successful Dracula adaptation in Spain until Coppola's 1992 version.
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