Blood and Roses

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Blood and Roses
Et mourir de plaisir
Directed by Roger Vadim
Produced by Raymond Eger
Written by Sheridan Le Fanu (story Carmilla),
Claude Brulé,
Claude Martin (writer),
Roger Vailland
Starring Mel Ferrer,
Elsa Martinelli,
Annette Vadim,
René-Jean Chauffard
Music by Jean Prodromidès
Cinematography Claude Renoir
Editing by Maurizio Lucidi
Victoria Mercanton
Release date(s) 1960
Running time France:87 min
USA:74 min
Country France
Italy
Language French
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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).

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[edit] 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 terrorise the inhabitants of the estate. But is it all in her mind, or is she really under the control of an ancient vampire ancestor?

[edit] 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

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