History This Week Preview: Nosferatu Rises Again (feat. Robert Eggers)
**For this History This Week special feature, Sally interviews director Robert Eggers about his new historically inspired film, Nosferatu.**
Winter, 1476. Vlad III is a prince in Wallachia, in present-day Romania. He is a violent man, so violent that he earns the nickname "Vlad the Impaler." He also has another name that he inherited from his father: Dracula.
Dracula is constantly fighting for his crown, but today, that fight will come to an end. His headless body will be discovered in a marsh, stuck down by his enemies. But his legend will live on.
Dracula pops up in stories throughout…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.