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BATHORY

BATHORY

Juraj Jakubisko
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, United Kingdom, Hungary, 2008, 140 Min
Jakubisko Film

The grisly story of Countess Báthory has been recounted by historians, authors, poets, playwrights, musicians, painters and filmmakers. Her reputation as the most gruesome murderess in the history of humankind is even documented in the Guinness Book of Records. She tortured her victims – invariably young virgins – before killing them, and is said to bathed in their blood before stripping with her teeth the flesh from their bones. But how much of the legend is really true? Four centuries of inquiry have offered no conclusive evidence.

The story told in this film is that of a defenceless widow. Because her property and wealth surpassed that of the king himself, she fell victim to a plot hatched in the highest of circles.

Filmformat
35mm | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Juraj Jakubisko
Kamera
F.A. Brabec, Ján Ďuriš
Ton
Ben Brazier, Robert Brazier
Schnitt
Christopher Blunden
Ausstattung
Juraj Jakubisko, Karel Vacek
Musik
Jan Jirásek, Simon Boswell, Petr Hapka, Andrej Turok, Martin Maok Tesák
Darsteller
Anna Friel, Karel Roden, Hans Metheson, Deana Horváthová, Vincent Regan, Franco Nero, Anthony Byrne, Bolek Polívka, Tim Precce, Jiří Mádl, Lucie Vondráčková
Produzent
Deana Jakubisková
Produktion
Jakubisko Film s.r.o.
Co-Produktion
Jukubisko Film Slovakia, Film & Music Entertainment
Kontakt
Jakubisko Film
Palác Lucerna
Vodičkova 36
116 02 Praha 1
Czech Republic
Tel: +420.296.236 353
Fax: +420.296.236 383
info@jakubiskofilm.com
www.jakubiskofilm.com
Juraj Jakubisko

Juraj Jakubisko - born 1938 in Kojšov. Taught photography in Bratislava, and worked for television in Košice. Studied at the Prague FAMU from 1960 to 1965. During the “normalisation” phase in the CSSR, his early work was branded as “counter-revolutionary”.

Movies
ČEKAJÍ NA GODOTA (1966)
KRISTOVE ROKY (1967)
ZBEHOVIA A PÚTNICI (1968)
VTÁČKOVIA, SIROTY A BLÁZNI (1969, Cottbus 2008)
POSTAV DOM, ZASAD’ STROM (1979)
NEVERA PO SLOVENSKY (1980)
TISÍCROČNÁ VČELA (1983)
PERINBABA (1985)
PEHAVÝ MAX A STRAŠIDLÁ (1987)
SEDÍM NA KONÁRY A JE MI DOBRE (1989)
DOVIDENIA V PEKLE, PRIATELIA (1990)
LEPŠIE BYT’ BOHATÝ A ZDRAVÝ AKO CHUDOBNÝ A CHORÝ (1992, Cottbus 1994)
NEJASNÁ ZPRÁVA O KONCI SVĚTA (1997)
POST COITUM (2004)
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