The Strange Adventure of Allan Gray
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Producer: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Nicolas de Gunzburg
A student of the occult encounters supernatural haunts and local evildoers in a village outside of Paris.
73 min
Rating: 7.286/10
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Nicolas de Gunzburg
Allan Grey
Maurice Schutz
The Lord of the Manor
Rena Mandel
Giséle
Sybille Schmitz
Léone
Jan Hieronimko
The Village Doctor
Henriette Gérard
The Old Woman from the Cemetery
Movie Info
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Producer: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Nicolas de Gunzburg
Production Companies: Tobis Filmkunst
Countries: France, Germany
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What Others Said
CinemaSerf:
This is the ultimate slow burn, but boy is it worth it... Julian West (aka Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg) is "Allan Gray" - a wandering soul who arrives at a secluded inn in a tiny hamlet. When an old man enters him room muttering about a woman's impending death and leaves him a book, our hero goes exploring and finds himself at an eerie old house where he discovers all sorts of creepy - vampiric - goings on; and the race is on the identify and destroy the creature before it's curse wreaks havoc. It is by no means akin the modern day representation of the vampire; the story is depicted using hues and shadows - light (or lack of it) is enormously important to this; the "shadow" effects are also magnificently sinister and ghostly. The narrative itself is not the greatest, the story jerks about a bit, but that doesn't really matter - it's an adapted take on a well hewn story and Theyer's focus on developing a sense of menace and tension more than compensates. Jan Hieronimko stands out at the poison-dispensing local quack as does Sybille Schmitz as "Léone" (interestingly, neither professional actors) in what is a beautifully evocative, scary telling of Le Fanu's book beautifully augmented by a sophisticated Wolfang Zeller piano accompaniment.
David Navratil:
I'm been trying to add more awarded/famous movies to my nightly watching! I searched Google for famous Horror movies and "Vampyr" showed up on many of the lists. There is very little dialog and may almost be considered a silent movie. Mostly takes place in an old Danish inn. No spoilers here, but if you are a fan of Horror Classics this movie should be on your list!! David N.