COMRADE DRAKULICH

  • Original title:
    DRAKULICS ELVTÁRS
  • Genre:
    black comedy
  • Production year:
    2019
  • Format:
    HD
  • Language:
    Hungarian
  • Director:
    Márk Bodzsár
  • Cast:
    Lili Walters, Zsolt Nagy, Ervin Nagy, Szabolcs Thuróczy
  • Producer:
    Csaba Pék, Attila Tőzsér

Synopsis

Vampires are among us! But no need to worry: the Hungarian Secret Police are after them, and beyond the usual spy gadgets, they even use garlic to repel the beasts.

Hungary in the 70s. Comrade Fábián, the Hungarian hero of the Cuban revolution, comes home to take part in a blood drive for Vietnam, the communist sister nation of Hungary. But something is wrong with the old comrade: he looks like a 30-year-old, has a cool demeanor, and drives a fire-red Mustang. A young couple at the secret police, Maria and her lover Laci, are assigned to monitor the stranger. Maria escorts him and tries to find out the secret to his eternal youth. Laci, the master of surveillance and close combat, stalks the two…

 

FESTIVALS

2020 Curtas - Official Fantastic Section in Competition - Special Jury Award

2020 53 Sitges - Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantástic de Catalunya - Best Screenplay

2020 Fantaspoa International Film Festival - Best Film - International Competition