‘The Blood Countess’ Gives First Look at Isabelle Huppert as Vampire Elizabeth Báthory

Isabelle Huppert (Elle, Greta) stars as the infamous Countess Elizabeth Báthory in the twisted new vampire mystery film The Blood Countess, and a first look image arrives today giving us a closer look at Huppert in character as the titular vampire.

The Blood Countess is directed by Ulrike Ottinger, who co-wrote the screenplay with the Nobel Prize in Literature winner Elfriede Jelinek (The Piano Teacher).

The feature is inspired by Countess Elizabeth Báthory, a Hungarian noblewoman who purportedly tortured and murdered hundreds of young women in the 16th and 17th centuries, the crimes so heinous that her serial killing ways evolved into folkloric tales of vampirism.

Tom Neuwirth (aka Eurovision Song Contest 2014 winner Conchita Wurst ), Birgit Minichmayr (Daughters, Downfall, The White Ribbon), Lars Eidinger (Dying, Personal Shopper), Thomas Schubert (Afire), and André Jung (The Forger) also star.

As for the plot, “After ‘The Blood Countess’ (Isabelle Huppert) awakens from her long beauty sleep and emerges from the underworld, she and her devoted maid (Birgit Minichmayr) embark on a baroque quest through Vienna to recover the red elixir of life. The book, if found and read by the vampire’s enemies, threatens their vampire realm. Hot on their heels are a vegetarian nephew (Thomas Schubert), his psychotherapist (Lars Eidinger), two vampirologists, a police inspector, and more lively characters in this twisted and humorous vampire tale.”

That description and the first look image of Huppert in character suggests a very different take on the historical figure ahead.

Martin Gschlacht, behind last year’s The Devil’s Bath, is handling cinematography.

Producers include Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu (Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert) of Amour Fou Vienna, Bady Minck (Hinterland) of Amour Fou Luxembourg, and Bettina Brokemper of Heimatfilm (EP on The Devil’s Bath, co-producer of Melancholia and Nymphomaniac), in coproduction with Ulrike Ottinger Filmproduktion.

The Blood Countess is currently in post-production, so stay tuned for news on distribution and release as it arrives.

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