US Premiere! Taken to be the oldest horror film in Turkish cinema, this cult classic blends the iconography and dramatic plot of Bram Stoker’s novel with local cultural codes and everyday life of Istanbul to provide an important addition to the history of Dracula onscreen. Significant for its production design and striking cinematography, some sources cite the film as the first one in which Dracula is directly linked to Vlad the Impaler, as well as the first time the vampire’s canine fangs are visible.

The film’s nitrate-based original negative has been preserved to this day in the archive of the Cinema&TV Insittute at Mimar Sinan University. After the physical restoration of the negatives was completed at Atlas Post Production, 4K scanning was carried out at the Cinema&TV Insitute. Digital restoration and all post-production processes were also completed at Atlas Post Production. Special thanks to the rights holder Melike Demirağ. Screening in partnership with Kadikoy Sinematek.