---
title: 'Dracula (1931)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tod Browning'
released: '1931-02-12'
runtime_minutes: 75
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dracula-1931'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021814/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dracula (1931)

1931 · 75 min · Drama, Horror · United States

Part of: Dracula

## Synopsis

Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code vampire film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning from a screenplay written by Garrett Fort and starring Bela Lugosi in the title role. It is based on the 1924 stage play Dracula by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, which in turn is adapted from the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Lugosi portrays Count Dracula, a vampire who emigrates from Transylvania to England and preys upon the blood of living victims, including a young man's fiancée.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tod Browning](https://cinepixo.com/people/tod-browning), [Karl Freund](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-freund)
- **Screenplay:** [Tod Browning](https://cinepixo.com/people/tod-browning), [John L. Balderston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-l-balderston), [Garrett Fort](https://cinepixo.com/people/garrett-fort)
- **Producer:** [Tod Browning](https://cinepixo.com/people/tod-browning), [Carl Laemmle Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-laemmle-jr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Freund](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-freund)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philip Glass](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-glass)
- **Editor:** [Milton Carruth](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-carruth)

## Cast

- [David Manners](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-manners) as Jonathan Harker
- [Dorothy Tree](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-tree)
- [Carla Laemmle](https://cinepixo.com/people/carla-laemmle)
- [Dwight Frye](https://cinepixo.com/people/dwight-frye) as Renfield
- [Charles K. Gerrard](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-k-gerrard)
- [Bela Lugosi](https://cinepixo.com/people/bela-lugosi) as Count Dracula
- [Herbert Bunston](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-bunston) as John Seward
- [Wyndham Standing](https://cinepixo.com/people/wyndham-standing)
- [Joan Standing](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-standing)
- [Tod Browning](https://cinepixo.com/people/tod-browning)
- [Edward Van Sloan](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-van-sloan) as Abraham Van Helsing
- [Helen Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-chandler) as Mina Harker
- [Frances Dade](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-dade) as Lucy Westenra
- [Florence Wix](https://cinepixo.com/people/florence-wix)
- [John George](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-george)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/dracula-1931
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