Directed by Juraj Jakubisko   Written by Juraj Jakubisko   John Paul Chapple   Lubomír Feldek   Cast Anna Friel ... Erzsébet Báthory Karel Roden ... Thurzo Vincent Regan ... Ferenc Nadasdy Hans Matheson ... Merisi Caravaggio Deana Horváthová ... Darvulia (as Deana Jakubisková-Horváthová) Franco Nero ... King Mathias II Antony Byrne ... Pastor Ponicky Bolek Polívka ... Peter Jirí Mádl ... Cyril Monika Hilmerová ... Countess Czobor Lucie Vondrácková ... Lucia Jaromír Nosek ... Miklós Zrínyi (as Míra Nosek) Marek Majeský ... Gábor Báthory Marek Vasut ... Bethlen Jana Olhová ... Dora Michaela Drotárová ... Erika Sandra Pogodová ... Sára Beata Greneche ... Ilona Eva Elsnerová ... Beniczka Hana Vagnerová ... Margita Andrej Hryc ... Village Mayor Karel Dobrý ... Royal Guard Commander René Stúr ... Thurzo's Captain Vincenzo Nicoli ... Zsigmond Báthory Karel Belohradský ... Ficzko Pavel Kocí ... Footman István Pavel Skrípal ... Batthányi Pál Bocsárszky ... Pálífy (as Pavol Boczárský) Tim Preece ... Cardinal Forgách Jan Vlasák ... Judge Sirmiensis Petr Meissel ... Zavodsky Zdenek Maryska ... Forenczy Zdenek Podhurský ... Tutor Imre Megyeri Zuzana Frenglová ... Landlady Tatjana Medvecká ... Orsolya Nadasdy (as Tatiana Medvecká) Jirí Hajdyla ... Count Druget Václav Krejcí ... Monk (as Upír Krejcí) Petr Jákl ... Bald Hunchback Radek Hanacík ... Inn Keeper Derek Dimir ... Pál (as Derek Pavelcík) Ester Honysová ... Anna Marie Boková ... Anna -4 years Katarína I. Hanzelová ... Katalin Gracie Friel ... Katalin - the baby Anicka Jurková ... Erzsébet - 9 years Katerina Petrovová ... Erzsébet - 14 years Martin Cerca ... Ferenc - 18 years Pavel Mádl ... Cyril - 9 years Uncredited Cast Vladimír T. Gottwald ... Castle Sarvar Warden Robbie Kay ... Pals (voice) Jirí Korn ... Chronicler Jirí Krytinár ... Bandmaster Ladislav Ondrej ... Young Ferenc Nádasdy Jirí Maria Sieber ... Muscular Man Vit Sky ... Hans Jan Unger ... Mózes Cziráky Produced by Mike Downey   Ivan Filus   Deana Horváthová   Thom Mount   Zorana Piggott   Martin Spott   Kevan Van Thompson   Original Music by Simon Boswell   Jan Jirásek

Additional Info Premiere: July 04, 2008 DVD Release: July 24, 2012 Blu-ray Release: November 09, 2015 Countries: Distributor: Screen Media Films Websites: Alternate Titles Bathory Production Companies Jakubisko Film Slovakia Eurofilm Stúdió J&J Jakubisko Film (as Jakubisko Film) Lunar Films Concorde Film Trust Fonds Eurimages du Conseil de l'Europe (support) Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic (support) Státní Fond CR pro Podporu a Rozvoj Ceské Kinematografie (support) Distributors Screen Media Films   (2012) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.7 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #5,899 / 21,074 Site Ranking #5,895 Frankenstein (1910) #5,896 Zero Day (2002) #5,897 Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022) #5,898 The Marine 3: Homefront (2013) #5,899 Bathory: Countess Of Blood (2008) #5,900 Drive Thru (2007) #5,901 13 Minutes (2021) #5,902 Slave Of The Cannibal God (1978) #5,903 Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)