Castelul BRAN MUZEUL VAMII MEDIEVALE BRAN MUZEUL SATULUI BRAN

Faima castelului-cetate de la Bran este datorata, in principal, legendarului Dracula, a carei existenta reala a fost asociata Domnitorului Vlad Tepes. In ciuda faptului ca nu exista o atestare documentara a locuirii sale in castel, amatorii de legende si de senzatii “tari” vin aici sa traiasca, poate, frisonul unei intilniri in imaginar cu teribilul personaj.

Branul inseamna mult mai mult decit o legenda. El are istorie, trecut si prezent. In 1920, Castelul a fost donat Reginei Maria. El a fost restaurat in sapte ani – cifra magica ! – si apoi locuit timp de douazeci si unu de ani de familia Regala, niciodata tulburata, se pare, de fantoma “Vampirului”...

Filmul ofera o serie de marturii inaccesibile vizitatorului obisnuit – dar si unele date ce incearca sa lumineze misterul de care este inconjurat Dracula, fantomaticul conte – nu cu intentia de a spulbera legenda, ci din dorinta de a crea o punte intre legenda si istorie, intre adevar si transfigurarea lui. Intre vis si realitate ...

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BRAN Castle THE MIDDLE AGE BRAN CUSTOM HOUSE THE BRAN VILLAGE AND PEASANT ART MUSEUM

The Castle and stronghold of Bran owes, mainly, its fame to the legendary Count Dracula, whose real existance was associated to the actual Prince Vlad Tepes (i.e., Vlad the Impaler). In spite of of the lack of documentary attestation of his actually dwelling in the Castle, many lovers of legends and of “kicks” go there, maybe for experiencing the thrill of fancied meeting with the terrible hero.

Nevertheless, Bran means a lot more than a mere legend. It has got a rich history, both in the past and the present day. Erected in the 14th century, the Bran Castle was donated, in 1920, to Maria, the Queen of Romania. It was restored and repaired in seven years – and that is a magic number – and then dwelled in during twenty one years by the Royal Family, which was never troubled – as it seems – by the phantom of the “Vampire”...

This film offers a whole series of testimonies, mostly inaccessible to the common visitor, as well as some data, that try to enlighten the mistery that surrounds Dracula, the ghost-like Count, not intending to shatter the legend, but rather with the wish of extending a bridge between legend and history, between truth and transfiguration, between dream and reality...