9. Re-appropriation of a local theme that has become global Like everyone else, I've seen films about Dracula, vampires, Nosferatu and every possible variation on the theme. After all, they're all inspired by the first world-famous Dracula, Murnau's Nosferatu (1923), even though it's not really about Count Dracula. It is known to be an unauthorized adaptation of the novel of the same name. The list of films based on this theme is long, from Tod Browning in 1931 to Dario Argente in 2012, including Fischer in 1958, Anna Prochàzkova in 1971, Dan Curtis in 1973, Philip Saville in 1977, John Badham in 1979 and Francis Ford Coppola in 1992. All these films are directly inspired by Bram Stoker's novel and are as faithful to it as possible. The Death of Dracula (Drakula halála in Hungarian) seems to be the first film on this subject. This lost film has now been reconstructed by emerging filmmakers from Transylvania. As this is a current reconstruction of the film based on a novel describing it, it is quite possible that it will take us elsewhere. Which is very interesting in the context of our musical work. The test screening at the Transylvania International Film Festival, in Cluj Napoca, Romania. Photo by András Muhi 141