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The Countess
Drama, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), blinded by the passion that she feels for a younger man, succumbs to the mad delusion that blood will keep her young and beautiful forever.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers drawn to austere historical tragedy, psychological deterioration, and ambiguity surrounding the boundary between legend and political persecution.
- Tone
- bleak, eerie, melancholic
- Payoff
- unease, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- aging, obsession, power, delusion, gendered persecution
- Setting
- early modern era, aristocratic estates and courtly Hungary
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