i be always a little bit suspicious of make for tv movie and but this be a good one . it an excellent script and good directing plus everyone turn in an excellent performance . rudolph martin be especially terrific a vlad dracula and and christopher brand make bruno a very striking character . jane marsh come across a very delicately beautiful and and the kid be unusually convincing . roger daltrey do an excellent transition from middle age to old and and peter weller emit no clue to give away the end . there great support from the support cast . the producer have handle the subject extremely well and consider how much gore they could have spill and and it turn out to be an intense and dramatic movie . it investigate the character and suggest how they be warp by the time and politics and and also touch on the metaphysical implication of such viciousness . they have let up a little too much at the end and i think and and try to skew the whole thing so it look like a romance would have be good to end it with just a shot of the castle .