Starring Anna Friel, Karel Roden and Vincent Regan.
Directed by Juraj Jakubisko.
Classification: E18+, 124 mins.
Official Site: http://www.delaus.ec.europa.eu/News&events/Cultural/FilmFestival2011/index.htm
Note: English subtitles.
Countess Elizabeth Bathory is infamous for killing many young women as, 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 four years later. This gruesome tale has been recounted by historians, writers, poets, playwrights, musicians, painters, and moviemakers throughout the years and she has even made it into the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s most prolific mass murderer. This is a crime story full of political intrigue, and the drama of an intelligent woman, Elizabeth Bathory, who, in short, was unfortunate to have been born at the wrong time in history…