Central Europe’s most expensive film goes on general release in Prague

Thursday sees the most expensive film ever made in Central Europe, ‘Bathory’, go on general release in Prague. The release follows the movie’s premiere at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Saturday, where the film received mixed reviews. The Slovak-Czech-Hungarian-British co-production retraces the life of the countess Erzebeth Bathory, a mysterious 17th-century Hungarian noblewoman thought to be a vampire. British actress Anna Friel stars as the bloodthirsty countess, playing alongside Czech star Karel Roden, who fills one of the two male leads.