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THE BLOOD COUNTESS

by Ulrike Ottinger

synopsis

Decades after her mysterious disappearance, the Blood Countess re-emerges in modern-day Vienna where she reunites with her devoted underling, Hermine, to track down a dangerous book with the power to destroy all evil – including all vampires such as themselves. The duo embark on a scavenger hunt through the city’s magnificent historic sites, and conscript the countess’s melancholic nephew – a vegetarian vampire named Rudi Bubi – and his psychotherapist as they expand their search to Bohemia. Meanwhile, a pair of vampirologists and a police inspector remain hot on their trail…

international title: The Blood Countess
original title: Die Blutgräfin
country: Austria, Luxembourg, Germany
sales agent: Magnify (US)
year: 2026
genre: fiction
directed by: Ulrike Ottinger
film run: 119'
screenplay: Ulrike Ottinger, Elfriede Jelinek
cast: Isabelle Huppert, Birgit Minichmayr, Thomas Schubert, Lars Eidinger, André Jung
cinematography by: Martin Gschlacht
film editing: Pia Dumont
art director: Christina Schaffer
music: Wolfgang Mitterer
producer: Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck, Bettina Brokemper
co-producer: Ulrike Ottinger
production: Amour Fou Vienna, Amour Fou Luxembourg, Heimatfilm GMBH + CO KG, Ulrike Ottinger Filmproduktion

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