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''Upír z Feratu'', also known as ''Ferat Vampire'' is a 1982 Czechoslovak
horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apo ...
directed by
Juraj Herz Juraj Herz (4 September 1934 – 8 April 2018) was a Czechoslovak film director, actor, and scene designer, associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his 1969 horror/black comedy '' The Cremator'', oft ...
. The name is a pun on ''Upír Nosferatu'', or '' Nosferatu the Vampire''.


Plot

Doctor Marek (
Jiří Menzel Jiří Menzel () (23 February 1938 – 5 September 2020) was a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography. Some of these films ...
) is shocked when his beloved nurse, Mima ( Dagmar Veškrnová), signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat to work as a rally-driver. Rumors abound that the Ferat sports car runs not on petrol, but on human blood.


Cast

*
Jiří Menzel Jiří Menzel () (23 February 1938 – 5 September 2020) was a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography. Some of these films ...
as Dr. Marek * Dagmar Veškrnová as Mima * Jana Břežková as Luisa / Klára * Petr Čepek as Kříž * Jan Schmid as Dr. Kaplan *
Zdenka Procházková Zdenka Procházková (4 April 1926 – 25 August 2021) was a Czech actress. She was married to Karel Höger, who she starred with in the 1949 film ''A Dead Man Among the Living'', but they were already divorced by the time of his death in 1977. ...
as Madame Ferat


Production

The Ferat rally car used in the film was, in fact, a prototype for an unrealized sports model
Škoda 110 Super Sport Škoda means ''pity'' in the Czech and Slovak languages. It may also refer to: Czech brands and enterprises * Škoda Auto, automobile and previously bicycle manufacturer in Mladá Boleslav ** Škoda Motorsport, the division of Škoda Auto res ...
produced by
Škoda Auto Škoda Auto a.s. (), often shortened to Škoda, is a Czech automobile manufacturer established in 1925 as the successor to Laurin & Klement and headquartered in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. Škoda Works became state owned in 1948. After ...
, now generally referred to as the Škoda Super Sport 'Ferat Vampir RSR' in homage to the film. This car white coloured also play a small role in ''
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea ''Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea'' ( cs, Zítra vstanu a opařím se čajem) is a 1977 Czechoslovak comical science fiction film directed by Jindřich Polák. It is a screen adaptation of Josef Nesvadba's short story with the sa ...
''.


See also

* '' Blood Car'', another film about a car that uses blood for fuel * ''
Road Kill Roadkill is an animal or animals that have been struck and killed by drivers of motor vehicles on highways. Wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVC) have increasingly been the topic of academic research to understand the causes, and how it can be mi ...
'', a film about a road train that uses a pulp made by grinding human bodies for fuel * '' Blood Drive'', a TV series centered on a road race with cars that use blood for fuel


External links

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Youtube clip of the film


1982 horror films 1980s science fiction horror films 1982 films Czechoslovak science fiction horror films 1980s Czech-language films Films directed by Juraj Herz Films scored by Petr Hapka 1980s Czech films {{1980s-CzechRepublic-film-stub