A short German documentary exploring the origins in history of the fictional Dracula, Dracula: THE TRUE STORY is a mixed bag. It's heavy on the information, with plenty of insight into the life and times of Vlad Tepes, aka the infamous Vlad the Impaler, but it's also rather slight and shallow. Anybody who's done the slightest bit of research into the real-life Dracula will know most of this stuff already.
Dracula: THE TRUE STORY works best when looking at historical facts. Elsewhere, there is some padding in the form of cheap reenactments of key sequences from the Bram Stoker novel. Given that the running time is a scant 47 minutes I'm not sure why this stuff was required. Clips are limited to two films, BRAM STOKER'S Dracula and the original silent version of NOSFERATU. Roman Polanski is randomly interviewed as well. Bizarrely, the version I saw rendered all flesh tones in green and blue, making it an even more off-the-wall documentary.
Dracula: THE TRUE STORY works best when looking at historical facts. Elsewhere, there is some padding in the form of cheap reenactments of key sequences from the Bram Stoker novel. Given that the running time is a scant 47 minutes I'm not sure why this stuff was required. Clips are limited to two films, BRAM STOKER'S Dracula and the original silent version of NOSFERATU. Roman Polanski is randomly interviewed as well. Bizarrely, the version I saw rendered all flesh tones in green and blue, making it an even more off-the-wall documentary.