TV MovieHorror

Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula

Meet the man behind the legend in this true story of Vlad the Impaler, whose vicious and cruel reputation as a bloodthirsty warlord became the basis for the myth of Dracula.

Release Date : 2000-10-31

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : The Kushner-Locke Company

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Vlad

Original Name : Rudolf Martin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lidia

Original Name : Jane March

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bruno

Original Name : Christopher Brand

Gender : Male

Character Name : Father Stefan

Original Name : Peter Weller

Gender : Male

Character Name : King Janos

Original Name : Roger Daltrey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Radu

Original Name : Michael Sutton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aron

Original Name : Razvan Vasilescu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inquisitor

Original Name : Radu Amzulescu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman at Fountain

Original Name : Maia Morgenstern

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sultan Mohamed

Original Name : Claudiu Bleonţ

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prince Karl

Original Name : Claudiu Trandafir

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vlad III - Age 18

Original Name : Dan Bordeianu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vlad III - Age 8

Original Name : Victor Ungureanu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vlad Dracula's Father

Original Name : Dan Badarau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teen Vlad Dracula

Original Name : Sebastian Lupea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teen Radu

Original Name : Niels Brinks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Andrei

Original Name : Eugen Cristea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Orodel

Original Name : Orodel Olanu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bald Noble

Original Name : Mircea Stoian

Gender : Male

Character Name : Turkish Emissary

Original Name : Șerban Celea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Orthodox Priest

Original Name : George Grigore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady in Waiting

Original Name : Laura Creț

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maria

Original Name : Roxana Marian

Gender : Female

Character Name : Prince Karl's Soldier

Original Name : Marius Capotă

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sentry

Original Name : Constantin Bărbulescu

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-08-28

I was drawn to this film by a trailer in which I could swear that I saw Roger Daltrey (from "The Who") and indeed, sparingly, here he is as "Janos", the King who decides to empower "Vlad Tepes" (Rudolf Martin) to fight against the Ottoman empire and to free his Romanian nation from their occupying yoke. This film makes no reference at all to any of the more traditional vampiric myth. It's basically just a low-budget history of a princely freedom-fighter who galvanises his people to resist their oppressive overlords. There are plenty of bloody battle scenes, a fair amount of impaling and generally the story processes well and quite excitingly with a decent degree of production values. The acting and the writing, however, are really poor with a stilted dialogue clunkily delivered by a lacklustre cast. I found there to be no chemistry at all between the lead and his Princess "Lidia" (Jane March). Insofar as there is any fact about this man, this effort does depict a story of a flawed and compromised man with a mission - and of one you crossed at your peril - well, and makes for a good adventure worthy of far better casting.