OVERALL: R0

The German 4-disc release for the most extras.

GENERAL NOTES:
Franco confirmed that the movie was framed in 1:33:1.

The English/Spanish assembly runs approximately 97 minutes at 24fps. The versions based on the Italian master seem longer despite having shorter opening title sequences because they include end credits on a black screen while the English and Spanish versions include a longer opening credits sequence and superimpose the end credits on the final shots of the film.

Also available from:
- Pulp Video (Italy)

CUTS:

• R0 4 Disc Limited Collector's Edition Germany- Wicked Vision Media - No cuts - German version (93:26 PAL)
• R0 Spain- Divisa Home Video - No cuts - Spanish version (92:28 PAL)
• R1 Special Edition America- Dark Sky Films - Compared to the R0 Spanish-release by "Divisa", there are some differences:
  - Dark Sky Films used an Italian print, so the opening credits are mainly Italian (the title is in French). Compared to “Divisa”-release, the “Dark Sky Films” release is missing approximately seventeen seconds from the start of the film, mainly establishment panning shot from the forest with the birds singing in the background. It is also missing the introduction-text card, as well as the text "Transylvania 1897". The Dark Sky Films transfer starts from the “Alexander Ha Cohen Presenta” credit in the black background and then cuts roughly to the middle of the first zoom (to the one towers of the castle). The Divisa release uses the Spanish title "El Conde Drácula".
  - The fifty-three-second scene with the gypsy woman in the English and Spanish versions is missing from the Italian version.
  - The Dark Sky Films includes approximately thirty-nine seconds of Italian end credits. They start after the final wide shot of the film and the "FINE" credit, fades to black and just includes additional text in the black background. The Spanish end credits are shorter and start earlier on the final shots of the film (96:57 NTSC)
• R2 Special Edition Germany- Kinowelt Home Entertainment - No cuts (92:31 PAL), uses German credits, and includes opening panning shot (0:21)
  1 - Opening credits. Apparently “Dark Sky Films” used an Italian print from Rome, so the opening credits are mainly Italian (title is in French, though - “Les Nuits De Dracula”). “Dark Sky Films”-release is missing approx. 17 seconds from the start of the film, mainly establishment panning shot from the forest with the birds singing in the background. It´s also missing the introduction-text card, as well as the text “Transylvania 1897”. “Dark Sky Films”-transfer starts from the “Alexander Ha Cohen Presenta”-credit in the black background and then cuts roughly to the middle of the first zoom (to the one towers of the castle).
  2 - Gypsy woman. This is the scene that can make the difference for some people and it´s missing from the “Dark Sky Films”-release. The missing bit in question happens after the scene, when Jonathan Harker notices that he´s being lock up to his room and is harassed by the bat. After he falls asleep (or similar), there´s a close-up of the candle and the following missing scene last approx. 53 seconds (in the “Dark Sky Films”-release it should start from the timecode 00:22:54 minute); Gypsy woman arrives to the castle walls, crying and begging to return her baby.
• R2 Standard Edition Germany- Kinowelt Home Entertainment - No cuts (92:31 PAL), uses German credits, and includes opening panning shot (0:21)
• R2 Italy- CVC - No cuts
• R2 Japan- Cinema Supply - Yes - Unspecified cuts (70:43 NTSC)

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Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on 25/07/04
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 11/12/23

UPDATE LOG:

25/07/04: Initial entry.
12/06/21: Dates.
12/06/21: Tagline
24/09/21: Added Germany 4-disc.