The Carpathian Castle

The Carpathian Castle — Plot

In 1898, strange things happen in a castle not far from the small village of Werst in the Carpathian mountains of Transylvania. Twenty years earlier, the castle had been abandoned due to some nefarious dealings there but a shepherd sees smoke coming out of the chimney, which stirs up the village with whispers Chort (a demon) is now occupying the place. Count Franz de Télek, a visitor to the area, becomes intrigued by all this turmoil and decides to investigate. Made for French television and based on the 1892 Jules Verne novel of the same name.

• Release date
• December 19, 1976
• Runtime
• 120 min
• Genres
• TV Movie, Horror, Mystery
• Director
• Jean-Christophe Averty

The Carpathian Castle — Cast

Benoît Allemane Count Franz de Télek

S

Sacha Pitoëff Gortz Annette Poivre Augusta Jean Martin Orfanik, the Inventor Jean-Roger Caussimon Frik Guy Grosso Docteur Patak

M

Michel Duplaix Hermod Raymond Meunier Rotzko, the Soldier