The Countess (2009)
Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), blinded by the passion that she feels for a younger man, succumbs to the mad delusion that blood will keep her young and beautiful forever. hungary, biography, serial killer, older woman younger man relationship, revisionist history, noblewoman, woman director, 17th century, gerascophobia, holy roman empire