Blood and Roses

Blood and Roses
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRoger Vadim
Screenplay by
  • Claude Brulé
  • Claude Martin
  • Roger Vadim[1]
Based onCarmilla
by Sheridan Le Fanu
Produced byRaymond Eger[1]
Starring
CinematographyClaude Renoir
Edited byVictoria Mercanton[1]
Music byJean Prodromides[1]
Production
companies
  • Films EGE
  • Documento Film[1]
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • 14 September 1960 (1960-09-14) (France)
  • January 1961 (1961-01) (Rome)
Running time
87 minutes[1]
Countries
  • France
  • Italy[1]
Box office1,205,106 admissions (France)[2]

Blood and Roses (French: ...Et mourir de plaisir (Le sang et la rose), lit.'...And die of pleasure (The blood and the rose)') is a 1960 erotic horror film directed by Roger Vadim. It is based on the novella Carmilla (1872) by Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu, shifting the book's setting in 19th-century Styria to the film's 20th-century Italy.

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  2. ^ Box office information for Roger Vadim films at Box Office Story