Directed by:
Peter SasdyScreenplay:
Jeremy PaulCinematography:
Kenneth TalbotComposer:
Harry RobertsonCast:
Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green, Maurice Denham, Lesley-Anne Down, Marianne Stone, Peter Jeffrey, Anne Stallybrass, Patience Collier, Sandor Elès, Andrea Lawrence (more)Plots(1)
In medieval Hungary, Countess Elisabeth Nadasdy, an embittered, ageing widow, discovers by accident that virgin's blood causes her skin to become youthful and smooth. Determined to retain her new youth at all costs, the Countess coerces her lover to abduct a string of young virgins to keep her supplied with the blood she now craves to stay beautiful...
One of Hammer's most enduringly popular films and a benchmark for 1970s horror, Countess Dracula stars Ingrid Pitt in an iconic, career-defining role as the aged countess who must regularly bathe in virgins' blood to regain her fading youth.
(Network)
Cast
![Ingrid Pitt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/595/160595929_90e5f0.jpg)
Ingrid Pitt
Poland
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Falstaff (1965)
![Nigel Green](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/537/162537257_7da003.jpg)
Nigel Green
South Africa
Best movies:
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
![Maurice Denham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762370_94bcaf.jpg)
Maurice Denham
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Oliver Twist (1948)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
![Lesley-Anne Down](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270919_c96ce1.jpg)
Lesley-Anne Down
UK
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
North and South (1985) (series)
![Marianne Stone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/442/161442695_081d99.jpg)
Marianne Stone
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
To Sir, with Love (1967)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Peter Jeffrey
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Midnight Express (1978)
Anne Stallybrass
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Night Crossing (1981)
A Song for Jenny (2015) (TV movie)
![Patience Collier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/344/161344037_bb0265.jpg)
Patience Collier
UK
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
Perfect Friday (1970)
![Sandor Elès](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/785/162785458_7ae2af.jpg)
Sandor Elès
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Love and Death (1975)
The Assignment (1997)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Andrea Lawrence
Best movies:
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Countess Dracula (1971)
Susan Brodrick
UK
Best movies:
Blow-Up (1966)
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
Countess Dracula (1971)
![Joan Haythorne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/474/164474039_59af7b.jpg)
Joan Haythorne
UK
Best movies:
The Browning Version (1951)
The Frightened City (1961)
Countess Dracula (1971)
John Moore
UK
Best movies:
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Tess (1979)
Euridice BA 2O37 (1975)
Paddy Ryan
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
Operation Crossbow (1965)
Hülya Babuş
Best movies:
Countess Dracula (1971)