Giandomenico Fracchia, Villaggio's "monstrously shy" character, is tasked to sell a piece of real estate in Transylvania. Otherwise, he will lose his job. The customer is the obtusely nagging and prickly accountant Arturo Filini, who suffers from heavy nearsightedness and does not realize that the manor he is interested in is actually Count Dracula's castle.
Once on the spot, Fracchia is terrified at the going-ons while Filini, in true Mister Magoo-style, dismisses them as 'tricks' to dissuade him from the estate deal. Meanwhile, a young and attractive vampire hunter (Isabella Ferrari) arrives. She is determined to avenge her brother's death, who perished trying to rid the world of Dracula and his cohorts. The events turn even more farcical when Dracula's sister confesses her love for Fracchia to try to avoid being engaged to the Frankenstein Monster. In the end an ash-tipped umbrella seems to solve the situation, but...was it all for real or just a horror-film fueled nightmare?
Fracchia contro Dracula was distributed theatrically in Italy by Titanus on December 19, 1986.[1] The film grossed a total of 818,235,000 Italian lire.[1] Film historian and critic Roberto Curti stated that the film was a commercial disappointment being released at a fruitful time of the year and only becoming the 60th highest grossing film in Italy of that year.[4]
fracchia, contro, dracula, 1985, italian, horror, comedy, film, directed, neri, parenti, italian, theatrical, release, posterdirected, byneri, parentiscreenplay, byfranco, marotta, laura, toscano, neri, parenti, paolo, villaggio, story, byfranco, marotta, laur. Fracchia contro Dracula is a 1985 Italian horror comedy film directed by Neri Parenti 2 3 Fracchia contro DraculaItalian theatrical release posterDirected byNeri ParentiScreenplay byFranco Marotta Laura Toscano Neri Parenti Paolo Villaggio 1 Story byFranco Marotta Laura Toscano Neri Parenti Paolo Villaggio 1 Produced byBruno Altissimi Claudio Saraceni 1 StarringPaolo Villaggio Gigi Reder Edmund Purdom Isabella FerrariCinematographyLuciano Tovoli 1 Edited bySergio Montanari 1 Music byBruno Zambrini 1 ProductioncompaniesMaura International Film Faso Film 1 Distributed byTitanusRelease date19 December 1985 1985 12 19 Italy Running time94 minutes 1 CountryItaly 1 Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Cast 3 Release 4 References 4 1 Sources 5 External linksPlot summary editGiandomenico Fracchia Villaggio s monstrously shy character is tasked to sell a piece of real estate in Transylvania Otherwise he will lose his job The customer is the obtusely nagging and prickly accountant Arturo Filini who suffers from heavy nearsightedness and does not realize that the manor he is interested in is actually Count Dracula s castle Once on the spot Fracchia is terrified at the going ons while Filini in true Mister Magoo style dismisses them as tricks to dissuade him from the estate deal Meanwhile a young and attractive vampire hunter Isabella Ferrari arrives She is determined to avenge her brother s death who perished trying to rid the world of Dracula and his cohorts The events turn even more farcical when Dracula s sister confesses her love for Fracchia to try to avoid being engaged to the Frankenstein Monster In the end an ash tipped umbrella seems to solve the situation but was it all for real or just a horror film fueled nightmare Cast editPaolo Villaggio as Giandomenico Fracchia Edmund Purdom as Count Vlad Dracula Gigi Reder as Ragionier Filini Ania Pieroni as Countess Oniria Giuseppe Cederna as Boris Isabella Ferrari as Luna Susanna Martinkova as Stefania Romano Puppo as the Frankenstein Monster Filippo De Gara as butler of Dracula Federica Brion as Catarina Paul Muller as employer of Fracchia Lars Bloch as the doctorRelease editFracchia contro Dracula was distributed theatrically in Italy by Titanus on December 19 1986 1 The film grossed a total of 818 235 000 Italian lire 1 Film historian and critic Roberto Curti stated that the film was a commercial disappointment being released at a fruitful time of the year and only becoming the 60th highest grossing film in Italy of that year 4 References edit a b c d e f g h i j k Curti 2019 p 127 Roberto Chiti Roberto Poppi Enrico Lancia Dizionario del cinema italiano I film Gremese 2000 ISBN 8877424230 Paolo Mereghetti Il Mereghetti B C Dalai Editore 2010 ISBN 88 6073 626 9 Curti 2019 p 129 Sources edit Curti Roberto 2019 Italian Gothic Horror Films 1980 1989 McFarland ISBN 978 1476672434 External links editFracchia contro Dracula at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article related to an Italian film of the 1980s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a comedy horror film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fracchia contro Dracula amp oldid 1221289322, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
