Lust for a Vampire – 1971

A Hammer production presented by EMI Film Productions Limited, distributed by Anglo-EMI Film Distributors Limited and released through MGM-EMI film Distributors Limited
Copyright MCMLXX EMI Film Productions Limited – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate No. 22676

The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional

RCA Sound System
Made at EMI/MGM Eistree Studios, England
Technicolor 91 mins

Storyline

In 1830, Richard Lestrange, a teacher of literature, takes up a post at a girls’ finishing school close to Karnstein Castle, where he develops an infatuation with one of his pupils, the enigmatically beautiful Mircalla, unaware that she is in fact the reincarnation of a notorious local vampire. Giles Barton, one of Lestrange’s fellow teachers who has an interest in the occult, suspects the truth and reveals to Miraclla his fascination to learn more the evil cult to which she belongs. His interference costs him his life and places Lestrange in mortal peril!

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Credits
Art Director	Don Mingaye	42	1929	8 Nov 2017	88	25
Assistant Director	David Bracknell	38	10 Jul 1932	1 Sep 1987	55	1
Based on characters created by	J. Sheridan Le Fanu	156	28 Aug 1814	7 Feb 1873	58	2
Camera	Chick Anstiss	39	1 Feb 1931	30 Jun 2011	80	7
Choreographer	Babbie McManus	53	9 Oct 1917	24 Mar 1991	73	1
Construction Manager	Bill Greene					9
Continuity	Betty Harley					6
Directed by	Jimmy Sangster	43	2 Dec 1927	19 Aug 2011	83	65
Director of Photography	David Muir	35	16 Apr 1935	Living	85	2
Dubbing Mixer	Len Abbott					4
Editor	Spencer Reeve	47	10 Dec 1923	15 Dec 1975	52	8
Hairdressing Supervisor	Pearl Tipaldi			24 Aug 1993		7
Lyrics	Frank Godwin	53	23 Jun 1917	6 Sep 2012	95	3
Make-up Supervisor	George Blackler	58	7 Mar 1912	1 Oct 1986	74	7
Music Composed by	Harry Robinson	38	19 Nov 1932	17 Jan 1996	63	26
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	63	6 Oct 1907	11 Aug 1993	85	103
Produced by	Harry Fine	58	20 Feb 1912	1 May 1997	85	6
Produced by	Michael Style	38	1 Jan 1933	1 Jan 1983	50	4
Production Manager	Tom Sachs	41	10 Apr 1929	Living	92	8
Recording Director	A.W. Lumkin	57	2 Feb 1913	25 Oct 1985	72	30
Screenplay by	Tudor Gates	40	2 Jan 1930	11 Jan 2007	77	4
Sound Editor	Terry Poulton	41	1930	1993	63	16
Sound Recordist	Ron Barron	47	10 Dec 1923	15 Dec 1973	50	4
Strange Love sung by	Tracy					1
Wardrobe Mistress	Laura Nightingale					35

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Appearances
Amanda	Judy Matheson	26	1945	Living	76	2
Biggs	Jonathan Cecil	31	22 Feb 1939	22 Sep 2011	72	1
Bishop	Jack Melford	71	5 Sep 1899	22 Oct 1972	73	1
Coachman	Christopher Cunningham					3
Count Karnstein	Mike Raven	46	15 Nov 1924	24 Apr 1997	72	1
Countess	Barbara Jefford	40	26 Jul 1930	12 Sep 2020	90	2
First Villager	Nick Brimble	26	22 Jul 1944	Living	76	1
Giles Barton	Ralph Bates	30	12 Feb 1940	27 Mar 1991	51	5
Hans	Christopher Neame	23	12 Sep 1947	Living	73	2
Inspector Heinrich	Harvey Hall	39	27 Jun 1931	11 Apr 1997	65	3
Isabel	Caryl Little	27	1944	Living	77	1
Janet	Suzanna Leigh	25	26 Jul 1945	11 Dec 2017	72	3
Landlord	Michael Brennan	58	25 Sep 1912	29 Sep 1982	70	1
Mircalla	Yutte Stensgaard	44	14 May 1946	Living	74	1
Miss Simpson	Helen Christie					1
Peasant Girl	Kirsten Lindholm	27	1 Sep 1943	Living	77	4
Pelley	David Healey	41	15 May 1929	25 Oct 1995	66	3
Professor Hertz	Erik Chitty	63	8 Jul 1907	22 Jul 1977	70	1
Richard	Michael Johnson	31	5 Jun 1939	24 Feb 2001	61	1
Schoolgirl	Jackie Reapman	24	1947	Living	74	1
Schoolgirl	Melinda Churcher					1
Schoolgirl	Melita Clarke	22	1949	Living	72	1
Schoolgirl	Patricia Warner					1
Schoolgirl	Sue Longhurst	28	27 Jan 1943	Living	78	1
Schoolgirl	Vivienne Chandler	23	6 Nov 1947	6 Jun 2013	65	1
Second Villager	David Richardson					1
Sophie	Erica Beale	24	13 Jul 1946	Living	74	1
Susan	Pippa Steel	22	15 Apr 1948	29 May 1992	44	2
Trudi	Luan Peters	24	18 Jun 1946	19 Dec 2017	71	2

Footnotes

This film was hit in the pre-production stage by the loss of its original star and director. Peter Cushing, who was to have played the part taken by Ralph Bates, had to pull out because of his wife’s illness; and Jimmy Sangster took over from Terence Fisher, who was incapacitated with a broken leg.

Danish actress Yutte Stensgaard had appeared in Amicus’s “Scream and Scream Again” (1969). Despite her announced ambition to win an Oscar, it was not to be and she ended up doing a short stint as a hostess on the ATV game show “The Golden Shot”.

Disc Jockey Mike Raven tried the occasional stab at acting. His other roles include the low-budget “Crucible of Terror” (1971). In “Lust for a Vampire”, however, his voice was dubbed by actor Valentine Dyall.

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection