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The English title is Dracula and Son (1976). It was directed by Edouard Molinaro (The Seven Deadly sSins), and stars Christopher Lee as Dracula and Bernard Menez as his son. If I recall correctly, the film begins back in the eighteenth century. A carriage carrying a beautiful woman breaks down in the Transylvania forest, so the woman ends up at Drac's castle looking for help. Drac is more than happy to oblige. He seduces the woman and she falls pregnant, eventually giving birth to Dracula's half-breed vampire son.

Here's a brief Review Summary from the NY Times.

>>Christopher Lee dons the Count's legendary cape once again for this satirical French-made entry in the vampire genre (titled Dracula and Son for American release). It seems Dracula's son (Bernard Ménez) is a bit reluctant to carry on the family's blood-drinking tradition on account of severe squeamishness. This understandable rift is widened when the Dracula family is banished from Romania by the new communist regime, and they end up traveling their separate ways -- Ménez goes to France, while Lee, oddly enough, finds a lucrative career in British horror films (perish the thought!). They are reunited again at the premiere of one such film, where they meet and fall in love with the same woman). Directed by Edouard Molinaro, known best for his international comedy hit La Cage aux Folles, this was a very witty film prior to its decimation by an uncaring American distributor, who not only excised many of the jokes but also replaced them with horribly-written, sophomoric gags. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide<<

From what I've read, the US release was butchered down to 75 minutes.

All in all, the full length French version is a really neat flick, with a great "surprise" ending.

BijouBob8mm wrote:

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For $48, I'm really hoping this one will have lasted the test of time.

And that it doesn't suddenly appear as a legit DVD release in every brick & mortar for miles around, next month.

How right you are Bob!!

The item was described to me as being the real deal. Here's the DVD cover as posted by the seller.





And here's his description of the item:

Brand new and factory sealed. Official and genuine Region 2 release from Germany. Includes the Original French language version and the dubbed German language version. There is NO English language version and there are NO English subtitles. This is a Region Code 2 PAL DVD.

As much as I'd like to be excited about finally owning a copy of this film, I don't want to set myself up for disappointment, neither. I guess the reason I hold this one so near and dear, is that it's the first film in which I finally got to see Christopher Lee as Dracula. And what an impact it had on this nine year old at the time (1979)! Prior to that, I had only seen stills of Lee in Horror Film books and mags. I never got a chance to see my first Hammer Drac movie until the mid-nineties after that. I think I'll be more than satisfied if this manages to hold up to the same caliber as, say, Rites of Drac (which is still a notch above A.D. 1972, imo).

With any luck, it'll even rise up to Scars of ...standards. But I wouldn't want to be overly optimistic...