Vampyr (Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey)

Vampyr was produced in 1931-32 in German, French, and english versions.

The original negative for picture and sound was lost.

Partially complete prints of the German and French versions

served as the basis for this restoration.

The new German version of 1998 was a collaboration between

cineteca del comune di bologna, deutsche kinemathek, and zdf/arte.

Screenplay by

directed by

This is the tale of the strange adventures of young Allan gray,

who immersed himself in the study of devil worship and vampires.

Preoccupied with superstitions of centuries past, he became a dreamer

for whom the line between the real and the supernatural became blurred.

His aimless wanderings led him late one evening

to a secluded inn by the river

in a village called courtempierre.

Who's there?

Go around.

Good night.

It was an eerie moonlit night.

Light and shadow, voices and faces seemed to take on hidden meaning.

Allan gray felt a sinister force descend upon him.

In vain he fought the terror that seized him,

and fear of things he could not name haunted his restless sleep.

Who are you?

Quiet!

She must not die! You understand?

To be opened...

Upon my death

What was going on?

What terrifying secret was unfolding?

Allan gray felt certain of one thing:

A soul in mortal distress was crying out for help,

and a voice within urged him to heed that call.

Silence!

Did you hear that?

Yes. The child.

The child?

Yes, the child!

There's no child here.

But the dogs!

There are no children or dogs here!

No?

No.

Good night.

Good night.

He followed the fleeting shadows and came to a large estate

where a forlorn manor Rose up among ancient trees.

Here, in seclusion,

with only his two daughters and a few servants for company,

lived the man who had appeared to Allan gray earlier at the inn.

The wounds have almost healed.

The blood!

The blood!

Don't go to bed until the doctor arrives.

Open up! Hurry!

For heaven's sake, hurry!

I'm coming.

What's wrong?

What is it?

Quick! They're trying to kill him!

The other door.

Jeanne, light the lamps in the library.

And you stay with Gisele, you hear?

Is he dead?

Yes.

Won't you please stay here with us?

Where is he going?

To the police.

To be opened upon my death

The strange history of vampires

accounts from many ages and lands tell of terrible demons called vampires.

These are the bodies and souls of the dead

whose terrible deeds in life deny them repose in the grave.

Under the bright light of the full moon,

they rise from their graves

to suck the blood of children and young adults

and thus prolong their shadowy existence.

The prince of darkness is their ally

and lends them supernatural power among the living and the dead.

At night these creatures from the abyss

haunt the abodes of the living,

where they sow death and decay.

A vampire's victim is doomed to perish without hope.

A wound on the throat, as from the bite of a cat or rat,

is the Mark of damnation.

Neither medical science...

Léone!

Where?

There, outside!

Hurry!

Léone!

Quick!

Like a plague, the vampire's lust infects the victim,

who is torn between a thirst for blood

and a desperate repulsion toward this craving.

The innocent young person itself becomes a vampire

and seeks to prey on its nearest and dearest.

Entire families, even entire villages, are thus brought under the curse.

If I could only die!

No, léone.

I know.

I'm lost.

I'm damned.

I think she's dying.

Didn't you hear a scream?