Báthory is a European co-production film written and directed by the Slovak filmmaker Juraj Jakubisko. The filming started in December 2005, and the film was released in July 2008. This is Jakubisko's first English-language film.The film is based on the story of Elizabeth Báthory, a 16th/17th century Hungarian countess. Her story takes place in a part of the Kingdom of Hungary, now Slovakia. She is infamous for killing many young women because according to legend she thought that bathing in their blood would preserve her youth. Eventually the royal authorities investigated, and she was walled up in her castle, where she died three years later.
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Directed by:
Juraj Jakubisko
Writing credits:
Juraj Jakubisko, Ľubomír Feldek
Cinematography by:
F.A. Brabec, Ján Ďuriš
Original Music by:
Simon Boswell, Jan Jirásek, Martin Maok Tesák
Cast:
Anna Friel, Karel Roden, Hans Matheson, Vincent Regan, Franco Nero, Deana Horváthová-Jakubisková, Michaela Drotárová, René Štúr, Jiří Mádl
Synopsis
Báthory is a European co-production film written and directed by the Slovak filmmaker Juraj Jakubisko. The filming started in December 2005, and the film was released in July 2008. This is Jakubisko's first English-language film.The film is based on the story of Elizabeth Báthory, a 16th/17th century Hungarian countess. Her story takes place in a part of the Kingdom of Hungary, now Slovakia. She is infamous for killing many young women because according to legend she thought that bathing in their blood would preserve her youth. Eventually the royal authorities investigated, and she was walled up in her castle, where she died three years later.
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