Die Blutgräfin I The Blood Countess
Decades after her mysterious disappearance, the Blood Countess re-emerges in modern-day Vienna where she reunites with her devoted underling, Hermine, to track down a dangerous book with the power to destroy all evil – including all vampires such as themselves. The duo embark on a scavenger hunt through the city’s magnificent historic sites, and conscript the countess’s melancholic nephew – a vegetarian vampire named Rudi Bubi – and his psychotherapist as they expand their search to Bohemia. Meanwhile, a pair of vampirologists and a police inspector remain hot on their trail … Filmmaker and visual artist Ulrike Ottinger reinterprets the vampire myth as a sumptuous adventure tale full of morbid black comedy.
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Runtime
119 min -
Country
Austria, Germany -
Year of Presentation
2026 -
Year of Production
2026 -
Director
Ulrike Ottinger -
Cast
Isabelle Huppert, Birgit Minichmayr, Thomas Schubert, Lars Eidinger, André Jung -
Production Company
Amour Fou Vienna, Amour Fou Luxembourg Heimatfilm -
Berlinale Section
Berlinale Special -
Berlinale Category
Feature Film
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Biography Ulrike Ottinger
Born in Konstanz, Germany in 1942. She worked as a painter and photographer in Paris from 1962-1968. She founded the “Visuell” film club in Konstanz in 1969, and led it until 1972; she also founded “galeriepress” art gallery and press. She has lived in Berlin since 1973. Alongside her film work she also produces operas and theatre and is present on the international scene with photo exhibitions.
Filmography Ulrike Ottinger
1973 Berlinfieber | 1973 Laokoon & Söhne | 1977 Madame X - Eine absolute Herrscherin | 1979 Bildnis einer Trinkerin | 1981 Freak Orlando | 1984 Dorian Gray im Spiegel der Boulevardpresse | 1985 China. Die Künste | 1986 Superbia | 1987 Usinimage | 1989 Johanna d'Arc of Mongolia | 1990 Countdown | 1992 Taiga. Eine Reise ins nördliche Land der Mongolen | 1997 Exil Shanghai | 2002 Südostpassage | 2004 12 Stühle | 2007 Prater | 2008 Die Koreanische Hochzeitruhe | 2011 Unter Schnee | 2016 Chamissos Schatten