Blood and Roses

Infobox Film
name = Blood and Roses
Et mourir de plaisir


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director = Roger Vadim
producer = Raymond Eger
writer = Sheridan Le Fanu (story "Carmilla"),
Claude Brulé,
Claude Martin (writer),
Roger Vailland
starring = Mel Ferrer,
Elsa Martinelli,
Annette Vadim,
René-Jean Chauffard
music = Jean Prodromidès
cinematography = Claude Renoir
editing = Maurizio Lucidi
Victoria Mercanton
distributor =
released = 1960
runtime = France:87 min
USA:74 min
country = France Italy
language = French
budget =
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imdb_id = 0053802

"Blood and Roses" is a 1960 French lesbian vampire film directed by Roger Vadim based upon the novella "Carmilla" (1872) by Irish writer Joseph Sheridan le Fanu. The locale was shifted from 19th century Styria to 20th century Italy.

The next time "Carmilla" was adapted to film was almost exactly ten years later, "The Vampire Lovers" (1970).

Film information

Plot summary

Young Carmilla is jealous of her friend's engagement, and her obsession leads her to the tomb of a female vampire. The vampire possesses her and leads her to kill and terrorize the inhabitants of the estate. But is it all in her mind, or is she really under the control of an ancient vampire ancestor?

Cast

*Mel Ferrer as Leopoldo De Karnstein
*Elsa Martinelli as Georgia Monteverdi
*Annette Vadim as Carmilla
*René-Jean Chauffard as Dr. Verari
*Marc Allégret as Judge Monteverdi
*Alberto Bonucci as Carlo Ruggieri
*Serge Marquand as Giuseppe
*Gabriella Farinon as Lisa
*Renato Speziali as Guido Naldi
*Edith Peters as The Cook
*Giovanni Di Benedetto as Police Marshal
*Carmilla Stroyberg as Martha
*Nathalie LeForet as Marie

Production

*Direction: Roger Vadim
*Screenplay and Story: Claude Brulé annd Claude Martin (screenplay), Roger Vadim and Roger Vailland (dialogue and adaptation), based on the novel "Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
*Producer: Raymond Eger
*Music: Jean Prodromidès
*Cinematography: Claude Renoir

External links

* [http://www.queerhorror.com/Qvamp/items/65.html Queer Horror Article on the film]
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blood_and_roses/ Online Review]