--- title: 'Blood and Roses (1960)' type: 'film' director: 'Roger Vadim' released: '1960-01-01' runtime_minutes: 87 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Horror' countries: - 'France' - 'Italy' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/blood-and-roses-1960' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053802/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Blood and Roses (1960) 1960 · 87 min · Drama, Horror · France, Italy Original title: Et mourir de plaisir ## Synopsis Blood and Roses is a 1960 erotic horror film directed by Roger Vadim. It is based on the novella Carmilla (1872) by Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu, shifting the book's setting in 19th-century Styria to the film's 20th-century Italy. This film was conceived in both French and English-language versions, with the principal actors shooting their scenes in both languages. ## Credits - **Director:** [Roger Vadim](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-vadim) - **Screenplay:** [Roger Vadim](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-vadim), [Roger Vailland](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-vailland), [Claude Brulé](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-brule) - **Original Music Composer:** [Jean Prodromidès](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-prodromides) - **Director of Photography:** [Claude Renoir](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-renoir) - **Editor:** [Victoria Mercanton](https://cinepixo.com/people/victoria-mercanton) ## Cast - [Annette Vadim](https://cinepixo.com/people/annette-vadim) as Countess Mircalla Karnstein - [Elsa Martinelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/elsa-martinelli) - [René-Jean Chauffard](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-jean-chauffard) - [Alberto Bonucci](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-bonucci) - [Mel Ferrer](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-ferrer) - [Edith Peters](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-peters) - [Serge Marquand](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-marquand) - [Marc Allégret](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-allegret) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/blood-and-roses-1960 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2569565); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.