Dracula and Son

Dracula père et fils
film poster under original French title.
Directed by	Edouard Molinaro
Produced by	Alain Poiré
Written by	Novel: Claude Klotz Screenplay: Alain Godard
Starring	Christopher Lee Bernard Menez
Music by	Vladimir Cosma
Cinematography	Alain Levent
Editing by	Monique Isnardon Robert Isnardon
Release date(s)	1976
Running time	96 min.
Language	French

Dracula and Son, originally titled Dracula père et fils, is a French comedy about a vampire father and son. It was never intended to be a follow-up to the Dracula series from Hammer productions. Gaumont productions just felt they could not choose a more successful title, under Christopher Lee's strong protest.

Plot

With angry villagers driving them away from their castle in Transylvania, Dracula (Christopher Lee) and his son Ferdinand (Bernard Menez) head abroad. Dracula ends up in London, England where he becomes a horror movie star exploiting his vampire status. His son, meanwhile, is ashamed of his roots and ends up a night watchman in Paris, France where he falls for a girl. Naturally, tensions arise when father and son are reunited and both take a liking to the same girl.

Cast

• Christopher Lee as Le prince des Ténèbres
• Bernard Menez as Ferdinand Poitevin
• Marie-Hélène Breillat as Nicole Clement
• Catherine Breillat as Herminie Poitevin
• Bernard Alane as Jean
• Jean-Claude Dauphin as Cristéa
• Raymond Bussières as L'homme âgé à l'ANPE
• Mustapha Dali as Khaleb
• Xavier Depraz as Le majordome

Production

• On its U.S. release, it was heavily edited down to 75 minutes, supposedly to speed up its rhythm and make it funnier. As a result, the plot and the tone of the film have been severely modified.
• As the film was shot almost entirely in French language, Christopher Lee dubbed his own voice for the English language soundtrack. Then again, in the American version, he was dubbed by a totally different actor faking occasional ludicrous foreign accents.

External links

• Dracula père et fils at the Internet Movie Database