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The dramatized story of Dracula, looking at the historic events rather than the Hollywood version.The dramatized story of Dracula, looking at the historic events rather than the Hollywood version.The dramatized story of Dracula, looking at the historic events rather than the Hollywood version.
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- TriviaIn 2000, to promote the film's premiere, USA Network held a sweepstakes contest with a grand prize of $5,000 to the lucky person who can correctly identify five myths of Dracula as depicted in this film.
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Radu: You are going to kill me, aren't you?
Vlad Dracula: You are a traitor to your people. You betrayed our father!
Radu: I never betrayed our father! Besides, if it weren't for me, you'd still be in that Turk prison.
Vlad Dracula: You had that much influence over the Sultan? Even as a boy?
Radu: Especially as a boy.
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Written by Bernard Solomon (as J. Baird) and Frank Gari (as F. Gari)
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Balkan History For Idiots
It's hard to know how to rate this odd little movie. On one hand, it's dreadful trash that affects to explore the Dracula Mythos while in fact exploiting it at every turn.
On the other hand, this is one of the very few, English-language productions* that addresses the fact that for three centuries, Europe was under attack by an aggressive, expansionist muslim empire. While Western Europe was enjoying the Renaissance, the (mostly) Eastern Orthodox peoples of the Balkans were fighting for their lives against the massive armies of the Ottoman Sultanate. It was their blood and pain that made the Renaissance possible.
Okay, I'll get off my soapbox. As for the "Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula", I'll go with the majority and rate it a '6'.
* The only other one I can think of offhand is the much higher-budget "Dracula Untold" (2014).
On the other hand, this is one of the very few, English-language productions* that addresses the fact that for three centuries, Europe was under attack by an aggressive, expansionist muslim empire. While Western Europe was enjoying the Renaissance, the (mostly) Eastern Orthodox peoples of the Balkans were fighting for their lives against the massive armies of the Ottoman Sultanate. It was their blood and pain that made the Renaissance possible.
Okay, I'll get off my soapbox. As for the "Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula", I'll go with the majority and rate it a '6'.
* The only other one I can think of offhand is the much higher-budget "Dracula Untold" (2014).
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By what name was Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000) officially released in Canada in English?
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