Vlad Tepes

In "Vlad Tepes," a 1979 Romanian historical drama film directed by Doru Năstase, the life of Vlad the Impaler, a mid-15th century Voivode of Wallachia, is recounted in a tale of battle and betrayal. The film portrays Vlad's fights with the Ottoman Turks on the battlefield and with the Hungarian Boyars in his court, highlighting the fabrication of the myth of Dracula and the wickedness of traitorous boyars who conspired against him.