Vampyros Lesbos
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Vampyros Lesbos | |
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Directed by | Jesus Franco |
Produced by | Artur Brauner Karl Heinz Mannchen |
Written by | Jesus Franco Jaime Chávarri |
Starring | Soledad Miranda Ewa Strömberg Andrés Monales Dennis Price Paul Müller |
Release date(s) | 1971 |
Running time | 89 min |
Language | German |
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Vampyros Lesbos is a 1971 film directed by Jesus Franco. It is an erotic horror tale inspired by Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. The main character, Linda Westinghouse (played by Ewa Strömberg), is a young lawyer who travels on a job assignment to an island where she meets the mysterious young and beautiful countess Carody (Soledad Miranda).
The film is considered by many to be one of Franco's best and a cult classic of European Exploitation film. Its score, composed by Manfred Hübler and Siegfried Schwab also gained a cult following when it was rereleased.