Count Dracula (1970 film)

Count Dracula
Count Dracula
	International theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jesús Franco
Screenplay by	Augusto Finocchi; English version: Peter Welbeck; ; Spanish version: Jesús Franco; ; Italian version: Carlo Fadda; Milo G. Cuccia; ; German version: Dietmar Behnke; ;
Story by	Erich Kröhnke
Based on	Dracula; by Bram Stoker
Produced by	Harry Alan Towers
Starring	Christopher Lee; Herbert Lom; Klaus Kinski; Frederick Williams; Maria Rohm; Soledad Miranda; Jack Taylor; Paul Muller;
Cinematography	Manuel Merino; Luciano Trasatti;
Edited by	Bruno Mattei; Derek Parsons;
Music by	Bruno Nicolai
Production; companies	Filmar Compagnia Cinematografica; Fénix Cooperativa Cinematográfica; Corona Filmproduktion; Towers of London;
Distributed by	Variety Distribution
Release date	3 April 1970 (Germany);
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Spain; Italy; West Germany; United Kingdom;

Count Dracula (German: Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht, lit. 'At night, when Dracula awakens') is a 1970 Gothic horror film directed by Jesús Franco, based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. It stars Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom and Klaus Kinski.

Although Count Dracula stars Lee in the title role, it is not a Hammer production like his other Dracula films, being produced instead by Harry Alan Towers. Klaus Kinski, who would play Dracula himself nine years later in Nosferatu the Vampyre, is also featured in the film as Renfield. Count Dracula was advertised as the most faithful adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel. Among other details, it was the first film version of the novel in which Dracula begins as an old man and becomes younger as he feeds upon fresh blood.

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