The Countess (2009)

94 min · Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film, horror film

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Julie Delpy

Cast

Julie Delpy, William Hurt, Daniel Brühl, Anamaria Marinca, Maria Simon, Sebastian Blomberg, Charly Hübner, Andy Gatjen, Adriana Altaras, Anna Maria Mühe, Frederick Lau, Natascha Lawiszus

The story

In 1560, Elizabeth Báthory is born into the Hungarian noble Báthory family, the daughter of general George Báthory of Ecsed. From an early age, Elizabeth's parents raise her to accept hardness and cruelty. As a teenager, Elizabeth is impregnated by a young peasant lover and is forced to watch as he is brutally tortured and executed before her eyes; Elizabeth's mother takes the child away from her directly after its birth, ensuring that she never sees him again.

Catalogue themes and tags

Age Difference, Aging, Baroness, Bath in Blood, Cougar, Cruel, Cruelty, Dracula, Ermordung, Erzsébet Báthory, Folter, Geisteskranker, Governance, Große Blutlache, Hexen, Hungary, Insanity, Komplott, Landschloß, Losing the Love of Your Life, Lovesickness, Lovestory, Murder of a Girl, Murderer, Power, Reiche Witwe, S/M, Serienkillerfilm, Series of Murders, Slovakia, Suspicion of Murder, Virgin, erstochen, psychophat, sechzehntes Jahrhundert, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Horror, World cinema, History, Period piece, Drama, Romantic drama, Crime Thriller, Biographical film, Romance Film

Genres

Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film, horror film

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