Dracula in Instanbul

The earliest surviving Turkish horror film adapts Bram Stoker’s novel and transports Count Dracula (Kaptan) to the streets of Istanbul. The fanged vampire (referred to as a “hortlak”) is also a blood-sucking capitalist who enlists his lawyer Azmi (Oran) to buy up real estate for him. Azmi’s wife Güzin (Ball) moonlights as a nightclub dancer whose somnambulist best friend Şadan (Feray) suffers from mysterious dreams. This is a truly bizarre take on a gothic classic–rarely screened and newly restored in 4K from a badly damaged 35mm print! DCP courtesy of Sinematek/Sinema Evi.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 7:00 PM
(1953, 102m, Turkish and Romanian w/English subtitles) dir Mehmet Muhtar, w/ Annie Ball, Atıf Kaptan, Bülent Oran, Ayfer Feray, Kadri Ögelman, Cahit Irgat.