Hrabe Drakula

Though it drops a few characters (no Renfield) and plot threads (Lucy has just one suitor) to fit the sprawling plot into a tight, trim 76 minutes, this Czechoslovakian television production is among the most faithful adaptations of Bram Stoker’s novel (certainly covering far more of the text than the roughly contemporary Jesus Franco version Count Dracula). It also has the distinction of being the first Dracula directed by a woman, Anna Prochazkova (who co-scripted, with Oldrich Zelezny).