Anna Friel in Bathory
Anna Friel will be seen on the big screen next in the movie Bathory. It is the story of a Hungarian countess, Elizabeth Bathory, who was said to have killed 600 girls, thus earning her the nickname Countess Dracula. Her lifestory has inspired countless of legends where the countess supposedly drank blood from virgins to retain a youthful glory.
The role of Elizabeth Bathory was originally meant for actress Famke Janssen. Anna Friel’s daughter, Gracie, will also be part of the film and this would have to be her own film debut.
The film began production in early 2006 but is only set for release on March 5, 2008 in Hungary. It will also be shown in countries like Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lebanon, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Thailand, USA, Czech Republic and Slovakia this year.
Bathory is the first English-language film of director Juraj Jakubisko and is considered as the most expensive Slovak movie, with a budget of US $12M.
Below is the film’s trailer:
February 24th, 2008 at 10:58 am
OMG!!!! (as the kiddies like to say) This is fantastic, I have always been fascinated by the story of Elizabeth Bathory. Incidentally, her actual name was Ezrabeth, but it has been anglicized for so long that everyone just goes with Elizabeth…
Hooray!!!!
February 25th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Thanks for that bit of info!
Looking forward to the film as well. I hope I can find a way to watch it since I’m pretty sure it’s going to be on a very limited run. I find her story fascinating as well.
August 5th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Risking that I appear to be a smartarse, her name was actually Erzsébet (in Hungarian) or Alzbeta (in Slovakian). Now you know.
August 7th, 2008 at 8:52 am
MUST see…i saw it yesterday and it was totally awesome…
August 17th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Dear slovakgirl, you said you saw this movie yesterday but where did you see it… I want buy this movie. If you are able to send me a copy I gone pay you for this. Thank you very much.
August 20th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Actually, her name was Erzebet, NOT Ezrabeth.
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:26 pm
will it be coming to the u.s.a. ? When?
October 14th, 2008 at 10:23 am
this movie was great, i like it:)
December 16th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
wow this is very cool well done
i would love to have this movie for sure
January 6th, 2009 at 1:48 am
i wus fasinated with her story. it wus very captivating and real. ive read the testemonies from her trial and wow. im lookin foward to seeing this lol. :]
February 5th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Where can you get a copy of this movie? I live in Canada and I really love her story.
May 17th, 2009 at 10:08 am
This would be an amazing movie…if it were in English also.
Do they even have this movie with subtitles in English?
I would really enjoy seeing it.