THE BLOOD COUNTESS
a film by Ulrike Ottinger
World Premiere: Berlinale Special Gala 2026
Feature Film | Austria / Luxembourg / Germany | 119 min
Synopsis
After ‘The Blood Countess’ (Isabelle Huppert) awakens from her long beauty sleep and emerges from the underworld, she and her devoted maid (Birgit Minichmayr) embark on a baroque quest through Vienna to recover the red elixir of life. The book, if found and read by the vampire’s enemies, threatens their vampire realm... Hot on their heels are a vegetarian nephew (Thomas Schubert), his psychotherapist (Lars Eidinger), two vampirologists (André Jung and Marco Lorenzini), a police inspector (Karl Markovics), and more lively characters (such as Tom Neuwirth aka Conchita Wurst) in this twisted and humorous vampire tale.
| Directed by | Ulrike Ottinger |
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| Written by | Ulrike Ottinger |
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| With | Isabelle Huppert, Birgit Minichmayr, Thomas Schubert, Lars Eidinger, André Jung, Marco Lorenzini, Karl Markovics, Felix Oitzinger, Tom Neuwirth aka Conchita Wurst, Maresi Riegner, Inge Maux, Branko Samarovski, Paul Matic, Elisabeth Augustin, Lino Gaier, Noah Saavedra, Valentin Postlmayr, Alex Kapl, Heinz Trixner, Elisabeth Rath, Isa Hochgarner, Waltraud Barton, Gabriela Schmoll, Maria Weiss, Rosalie Maes, Johannes Silberschneider, Tanja Raunig, Carl Achleitner, Christine Urspruch, Konstantin Rommelfangen, Karl Fischer, Helmut Bohatsch and Burghart Klaußner |
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| Dialogues | Elfriede Jelinek, Ulrike Ottinger |
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| Camera | Martin Gschlacht |
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| Editor | Pia Dumont |
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| Score | Wolfgang Mitterer |
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| Sound | Marc Thill |
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| Production Design | Christina Schaffer |
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| Costume Design | Jorge Jara Guarda |
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| Make Up Design | Tünde Kiss-Benke |
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| Head of Project | Konstantin J. Müller |
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| Line Producers | Philipp Grandits, André Fetzer, Sascha Verhey |
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| Production Managers | Stefanie Miftari, Karoline Maes, Edgar Cox |
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| Postproduction Manager | Martin Repka |
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| Casting | Eva Roth, Bady Minck |
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| Supported by | Austrian Film Institute, ÖFI+, Film Fund Luxembourg, Film Fund Vienna, ORF Film / TV Agreement, Filmstiftung NRW, ZDF / Arte, MBB, Lower Austria, Media Creative Europe, Venice Production Bridge |
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| Producers | Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck, Bettina Brokemper |
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| Production | AMOUR FOU Vienna, AMOUR FOU Luxembourg, Heimatfilm |
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| Co-Production | Ulrike Ottinger Filmproduktion |
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| Worldsales | Magnify |
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| Distribution Austria | Filmladen |
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| Distribution Luxemboug | AMOUR FOU Luxembourg |
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| Distribution Germany | Neue Visionen |
