The Countess (film)
| The Countess | |
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| Directed by | Julie Delpy |
| Written by | Julie Delpy |
| Produced by | Andro Steinborn Christopher Tuffin Julie Delpy Matthew E. Chausse |
| Starring | Julie Delpy Daniel Brühl William Hurt Anamaria Marinca |
| Cinematography | Martin Ruhe |
| Edited by | Andrew Bird |
| Music by | Julie Delpy |
Production companies | X Filme International Social Capital Films EMC Filmproduktion Fanes Film The Steel Company Tempête Sous un Crâne X Filme Creative Pool |
| Distributed by | X-Verleih (though Warner Bros.; Germany) BAC Films (France) |
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Running time | 98 min. |
| Countries | France Germany |
| Language | English |
The Countess is a 2009 French-German historical crime thriller drama written and directed by Julie Delpy, who also composed its score. It stars Delpy, Daniel Brühl and William Hurt. It is based on the life of the notorious Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory.
The film is the third directorial effort by Delpy, who has said of the project that "it sounds like a gothic [story] but it's more a drama. It's more focusing on the psychology of human beings when they're given power."