What is the Spanish word for “terror”? You’ll find out if you watch George Melford’s 1931 US-made but Spanish-language adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic novel. Filmed concurrently with the US/Bela Lugosi-version, “Drácula” is considered by many film scholars to be better than the English version. This version was added to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in 2015. In the essay below, Andras Lenart looks at this unique Hollywood endeavor. More on Wikipedia
Watch Dracula (1931) Spanish version
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