Bathory (film)

Bathory also released as Bathory Countess of Blood is a 2008 historical drama written and directed by Juraj Jakubisko. Filming began in December 2005, and the film was released in July 2008. It was Jakubiskos first Englishlanguage film and an international coproduction between the cinemas of Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and the United Kingdom.

After her husband Ferenc Ndasdys death, Erzsbet quarrels with his scheming friend Gyrgy Thurz, who tries to proposition her at her husbands funeral. Thurzos lover, who is gifted with herbs, offers to help him get revenge for the rejection. Soon afterward, Erzsebet begins to have surreal visions and episodes. In one of these, she stabs a woman to death with scissors. Afterwards, she confesses to Darvulia that she can no longer tell dream from reality. Darvulia discovers that someone has been placing hallucinogenic mushrooms in Erzsbets drinks Erzsbet cannot remember clearly and believes Darvulia responsible. She has the woman thrown out. Thurz and his wife then capture Darvulia and torture her, cutting out her tongue. Before she dies, she writes Thurzs name in blood on her cell wall. Erzsbet swears vengeance on him.Thurz enlists Erzsbets sonsinlaw and other allies to prosecute her for witchcraft. When their plans repeatedly fail, they nonetheless capture the Countess and torture members of her household to try to obtain incriminating information. The servants are then executed for their alleged crimes, and Erzsbet is imprisoned. Despairing over her separation from her son, she lies on her bed and begins to sing a hymn the flames from her candles rise and engulf her in flames. Upon hearing of her death, Thurzo concedes that she has once again made the move he least expected, as when they once played chess together, and admits that he has always loved her. ........

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