Mark of the Vampire

Mark of the Vampire
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTod Browning
Written by
Produced byTod Browning
E.J. Mannix
Starring
CinematographyJames Wong Howe
Edited byBen Lewis
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • April 26, 1935 (1935-04-26)[1]
Running time
60 minutes (allegedly originally released in a longer cut)[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Colored publicity shot of Bela Lugosi with Elizabeth Allan and Henry Wadsworth

Mark of the Vampire (also known as Vampires of Prague) is a 1935 American horror film produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), starring Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, and Jean Hersholt, and directed by Tod Browning. A series of deaths and attacks by vampires brings the eminent expert Professor Zelen to the aid of Irena Borotyn, who is about to be married. Her father, Sir Karell, died from complete loss of blood, with bite wounds on his neck, and it appears he may be one of the undead now plaguing the area.

It has been described as a talkie remake of Browning's silent London After Midnight (1927), though it does not credit the older film or its writers.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Mark of the Vampire". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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