Magnify has boarded “The Blood Countess,” a vampire mystery movie starring Isabelle Huppert as Countess Elizabeth Báthory, a 16th-century Hungarian serial ender.
Directed by famous German New Wave artist and filmproducer Ulrike Ottinger, the movie is eased by the life and legfinish of Countess Elizabeth Báthory. The screentake part was penned by Ottinger and Elfriede Jelinek, the Nobel Prize in Literature triumphner and acclaimed author of “The Piano Teacher.”
Huppert stars in the film opposite Birgit Minichmayr (“Daughters”), Lars Eidinger (“Dying”), Thomas Schubert (“Afire”) and André Jung (“The Forger”).
“The Blood Countess” is one of the boilingtest European projects to head to the EFM next week where Magnify’s sales team, led by Lorna Lee Torres, will be introducing the movie to buyers.
Huppert take parts the Countess Elizabeth Báthory (aka ‘The Blood Countess’), as she awakens from her lengthy beauty sleep and aelevates from the underworld. “She and her dedicated mhelp (Birgit Minichmayr) embark on a baroque quest thraw Vienna to recover the red elixir of life. The book, if create and read by the vampire’s enemies, dangerens their vampire authenticm. Hot on their heels are a vegetarian nephew (Thomas Schubert), his psycboilingherapist (Lars Eidinger), two vampirologists, a police examineor, and more vivacious characters in this twisted and funny vampire tale,” the synopsis reads.
“”The Blood Countess’ is an immersive and phirebrimmingy quirky vampire mystery with a vibrant cast of characters, led by the captivating Blood Countess herself,” shelp Magnify in a statement, compriseing that “The story unfageders as a highly visual, narrative scavenger hunt — take parting with history, up-to-dateity, humor, and style. It is the perfect reintroduction of Ottinger’s toil to a global audience that has lengthenn in appetite for visupartner striking, bageder and inalertigent genre cinema.”
Producers are Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu (“Ingeborg Bachmann” – Journey into the desert”) of Amour Fou Vienna, Bady Minck (“Hinterland”) of Amour Fou Luxembourg, and Bettina Brokemper of Heimatfilm (exec producer on “The Devil’s Bath”).
The key crew is direct by cinematographer Martin Gschlacht who notably toiled on “The Devil’s Bath” which won the Silver Bear at the Berlinale last year; costume scheduleer Jorge Jara (“Freak Orlando”) and production scheduleer Christina Schaffer (“The Girl With a Pearl Earring”).
Ottinger, whose best understandn films take part “Madame X – An Absolute Ruler,” “Ticket of No Return” and “Freak Orlando,” shelp “This is the right time for the Blood Countess to wake up from her procreate sleep and savor the contransient” becaemploy “The world is upside down and events are repeating themselves in an eerie way.”
“Vienna, with its historic produceings and timeless flair, is the perfect crime scene. With her sophistication, beauty, and calculation, the Blood Countess casts a spell over all those who serve her, escape from her, or trail her,” Ottinger persistd.
The filmproducer has getd accolades for her toil, including at the Berlin Film Festival where she got a lifetime accomplishment nod in 2020.
Magnify’s sturdy lineup also take parts Berlin Generation Kplus pickion “The Botanist;” Albert Birney’s Sundance sci-fi stunner “Obex;” Sundance vivaciousd film “Endless Cookie” by Seth and Peter Scriver; Rafael Manuel’s “Filipinana,” in partnership with Film4, currently in post-production; and Bretten Hannam’s upcoming genre thriller “Place of Gpresents,” currently in post-production.
