Daughters of Darkness
1971
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Synopsis
Ostend, Belgium. In a decadent seaside hotel, Stefan and Valerie, a newlywed couple, meet the mysterious Countess Báthory and Ilona, her secretary.
Daughters of Darkness (1971) is a 1h 40min drama feature film by Harry Kümel. Selected for Fantastic Fest (2020).
Key facts
Cast
Joris Collet, Paul Esser, Georges Jamin, John Karlen, Danielle Ouimet, Fons Rademakers, Andrea Rau, Delphine Seyrig
Original language
English
First release
May 28, 1971 (United States)
Production companies
CINÉ VOG FILMS, MAYA FILMS, ROXY FILMS, SHOWKING FILMS
Home video distributors
Continental Video (United States), VEC (Canada), AIR Video (Ariel International Releasing) (United States), Tartan Video (United Kingdom)
Setting
Belgium
Filming locations
Bruges
Crew
Screenplay
Harry Kümel, Jean Ferry, Pierre Drouot
Producer
Paul Collet, Henry Lange
Cinematography
Eduard van der Enden
Editing
August Verschueren, Denis Bonan
Music
François de Roubaix
Québec / French
Québec classification
13 years and over
Content indications
Eroticism
Classification date
December 3, 2020
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- OffScreen Film Festival 2026 - DOUBLE BILL: TRIBUTE TO HARRY KÜMEL
- FRIGHTFEST 2025 - Discovery Screen 2
- IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival 2025 generic
- Oldenburg Film Festival 2022 generic
- Ghent Film Festival 2021 generic
- Fantastic Fest 2020
- BUT Film Festival 2019 generic - Long
- Frameline: San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival 1987 generic
Titles
| Original title | LE ROUGE AUX LÈVRES | |
| Original title | Les Lèvres rouges | |
| Alternate title | Daughters of Darkness | |
| Alternate title | Children of the Night | |
| Alternate title | Erzebeth | |
| Alternate title | The Promise of Red Lips | |
| Alternate title | The Redness of the Lips | |
| Alternate title | The Red Lips | |
| Alternate title | Blut an den lippen | |
| Alternate title | Blood on the Lips | |
| Alternate title | Blood On Her Lips | |
| Alternate title | La Rouge aux lèvres |
VHS & home video releases
| VHS | Continental Video (cat. no. 1034) | 1985, United States, big box |
| VHS | VEC (cat. no. 1041) | 1985, Canada, slipcase |
| VHS | AIR Video (Ariel International Releasing) | 1987, United States, big box |
| VHS | Tartan Video (cat. no. TVT 1038) | 1993, United Kingdom, clamshell |
Soundtracks
| Vinyl LP | Daughters Of Darkness - Les Lèvres Rouges (Original Soundtrack) - François De Roubaix (2018) | 5 releases, 2018-2022: Music On Vinyl |
| 7" vinyl | Les Lèvres Rouges - François De Roubaix (1971) | 2 releases, 1971-2019: Barclay, Music On Vinyl |
| CD | Daughters Of Darkness - Les Lèvres Rouges (Original Soundtrack) - François De Roubaix (2018) | 2 releases, 2018-2020: Blue Underground, Butler Records |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | United States | May 28, 1971 |
| Theatrical | United States | September 22, 1971 |
| Theatrical | United States | October 2, 1971 |
| Theatrical | France | November 25, 1971 |
| Theatrical | Germany | December 3, 1971 |
| Theatrical | Italy | April 20, 1972 |
| Theatrical | Turkey | April 9, 1973 |
| Television | France | September 30, 2010 |
| Theatrical | France | March 11, 2020 |
| Theatrical | Japan | September 4, 2021 |
| Classification | United States | R |
Versions & editions
| Home video VHS | United States | 1985 1034 |
| Home video VHS | Canada | 1985 1041 |
| Home video VHS | United States | 1987 |
| Home video VHS | United Kingdom | 1993 TVT 1038 |
Full credits
| Director | Harry Kümel |
| Cast | Joris Collet, Paul Esser, Georges Jamin, John Karlen, Danielle Ouimet, Fons Rademakers, Andrea Rau, Delphine Seyrig |
| Screenplay | Harry Kümel, Jean Ferry, Pierre Drouot |
| Producer | Paul Collet, Henry Lange |
| Executive producer | Alain-C. Guilleaume |
| Cinematography | Eduard van der Enden |
| Editing | August Verschueren, Denis Bonan |
| Music | François de Roubaix |
| Visual effects | Eugène Hendrickx, Thierry Hallard |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
Source: Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec (CC0-1.0)
