Bathory

[Virgil Reality]

From a hungarian website comes this excerpt

Speaking of bloodbaths, the battle to bring the definitive film about the "Blood Countess" to the screen just got that bit more gruesome. In case you didn't know, Erzsébet Báthory was a 16th century Hungarian Countess who was said to bathe in the blood of virgins in a quest for eternal youth. The story is so good that numerous filmmakers in and outside of the region have tried to put together a film about the old beast, including yours truly. There is even a handy Wikipedia guide to the best-known of the various film projects, just so Báthory fans can keep up with things.

Now, finally, it looks like someone has crossed the finish line. The veteran (i.e., old) Slovak director Jakub Jakubisko has just completed "Báthory - A Love Story." Advance screenings suggest that Jakubisko has chosen to present the myth of the "Beast of Cachtice" as a feminist tract, eschewing the ultra-violence you might (quite reasonably) expect. According to my sources in the Báthory underground, the lack of the savagery, perversity and gore which made the Blood Countess so famous has ruined the appetite of the US distributors who hold the key to its cinematic success.

Which opens the door again for Báthory purists like the French actress and muse (for some) Julie Delpy, who was previously tipped to be most likely to get a Báthory film to market first. And may the best Blood Countess win!

[Zirus]

admin said:

What the???

Bathory promotion seems to be happening somewhere at least Don't know where this is (Cannes? Prague? Bratislava?) and I don't even know if it's for real. Just thought I'd share.

..I checked the rest of the pics out and I don´t understand them..Too artistic for me, I think..

[Virgil Reality]

The Bathory trailer is now posted on the official site but it's a Flash streaming version. I find the one on youtube plays better for me.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI9VjXKuiMw

[Jonathan]

Thanks Virgil!

[Gg]

WHY, oh why, does Variety bother to name the bad-boy artist Carravagio's character without naming the BLESSED actor who played him...!!! a trade magazine could help us out a bit I think....

Why oh why is my thumb numb

Why oh why is my life not stable enough to make plans more that a week in advance

reputable inquiries all, but really just want to know the answer to the first, less existential, of the three

[liz]

Love the trailer ;D Can't wait to learn when I can see it!

[starkiller]

So is there any sort of idea about when/where Bathory will be released?

[Virgil Reality]

Or even; if?

The latest release info at IMDb

Slovakia 27 September 2007
Czech Republic 25 October 2007
Hungary 8 November 2007
Bosnia-Herzegovina 2008
Lebanon 2008
Poland 2008
Russia 2008
Serbia 2008
Slovenia 2008
Thailand 2008

I did see somewhere that it was January 2008 in the UK but that wasn't anywhere I'd regard as even close to authoritative so I'd reserve judgement on that one.

[starkiller]

Sigh. I do hope its a 'when' not an 'if'. That would be so disappointing otherwise.

[marycathy]

Hi! ;D

I don't know if you know, the running time of the movie is 2:22!
movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809903003/details

And i also found the poster in high resolution :
www.horroria.com/i/nposters_orig/06/62/66241-NC.jpg

[liz]

admin said:

Or even; if?

The latest release info at IMDb

Slovakia 27 September 2007
Czech Republic 25 October 2007
Hungary 8 November 2007
Bosnia-Herzegovina 2008
Lebanon 2008
Poland 2008
Russia 2008
Serbia 2008
Slovenia 2008
Thailand 2008

I did see somewhere that it was January 2008 in the UK but that wasn't anywhere I'd regard as even close to authoritative so I'd reserve judgement on that one.

So no Holland then? I'm screwed I need to move back to the UK ;D

[marycathy]

There is an update on IMDb! The US release : 2008. That's not very precise, but at least now we know it will be released in the US.
But no UK release yet.


Bosnia-Herzegovina 2008
Lebanon 2008
Poland 2008
Russia 2008
Serbia 2008
Slovenia 2008
Thailand 2008
USA 2008
Czech Republic 17 janvier 2008
Slovakia 17 janvier 2008
Hungary 6 mars 2008

[Gg]

that could be promising -- wish we had more information, but I'm not finding anything beyond the imdb listing. Not even distributing. Film Festival???

Actually when you take the links from the Anna Friel listed "Bathory" on imdb it takes you erroneously to Delpy's "The Countess" version of the Bathory story and their release dates are for US 2008 -- and the site gives the distibutor and promises a wide theatrical release. So I hope the listing applies to the Czech production and the not (or as well as) the Delpy/Hawke project.

[marycathy]

Ah? For me, it works. The Anna Friel page takes me to the Jakubisko's "Bathory".
Maybe the release date is the same for the two movies. I think i had read on a French website that the Delpy's "Bathory" will be released around 2008 as well.

[marycathy]

I've seen that the Bathory teaser isn't on Youtube anymore. It's been deleted. But i found it on another site :
www.trailerfan.com/movie/bathory/trailer

I found an interesting description of Caravaggio on Wikipedia :

"after a fortnight's work he will swagger about for a month or two with a sword at his side and a servant following him, from one ball-court to the next, ever ready to engage in a fight or an argument, so that it is most awkward to get along with him."[1] In 1606 he killed a young man in a brawl and fled from Rome with a price on his head. In Malta in 1608 he was involved in another brawl, and yet another in Naples in 1609, possibly a deliberate attempt on his life by unidentified enemies.

I wonder if he will be like that in the movie, if he will be a bad boy or not. Looks like an interesting character to play.

And here is a portrait of him :