Bathory - Die Blutgräfin

Bathory - Die Blutgräfin (2008)

Bathory

Im 16. Jahrhundert heiratet die junge Gräfin Erzsebet Bathory den ungarischen Fürsten Franz Nadasdy und wird dadurch zu einer der mächtigsten Regentinnen im Reiche Habsburg. Während ihr Gatte sich in Schlachten gegen die Osmanen einen Namen als "Schwarzer Ritter" macht, genehmigt sich Elisabeth daheim eine Affäre mit dem Maler Caravaggio, lässt sich von einer vermeintlichen Hexe Schönheitstipps geben und verhält sich zuweilen grob gegen ihre Mägde. Als Franz stirbt und König und Kirche auf ihre Güter schielen, dreht man ihr daraus einen Strick.

Erscheinungsdatum
2008-07-10
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (120)
Laufzeit
2 Std. 21 Min.
Genres
Drama, Fantasy
Regie
Juraj Jakubisko

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

  • Gedreht in: Tschechien und Österreich

Bathory is a 2008 historical drama written and directed by Juraj Jakubisko. Filming began in December 2005, and the film was released in July 2008. It was Jakubisko's first English-language film and an international co-production between the cinemas of Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and the United Kingdom.

Production

Juraj Jakubisko declared in an interview:

I decided to make this film because Countess Elizabeth Báthory is the most famous Hungarian aristocrat that lived in what is Slovakia today. She is so well known that she is also included in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most prolific mass murderer. She supposedly murdered 650 people during her lifetime. The film is essentially a mix of genres.

In late January 2006, Famke Janssen was announced to play Báthory, and her photos with Jakubisko showed up in the media. Her first appearance was planned for 6 March 2006. Meanwhile other sequences (those not involving her) were being shot. Around 8 March 2006, news agencies reported that Janssen had been replaced by the English actress Anna Friel.

The budget of 10 million EUR (around 15 million USD) makes it the most expensive Slovak film and second most expensive Czech film. The film is a joint effort of Slovak, Czech, British, and Hungarian production companies: Jakubisko Film Slovakia s.r.o. (SK), Eurofilm Studio KFT (HU), Jakubisko Film, s.r.o.

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