the movie deal with the so called historical figure of vlad tepes ( phonetically that be tzepesh and it literally mean impaler ) and not the vampire of bram stoker but the tormented wallachian ( romanian ) medieval ruler that stand against the might of the ottoman empire with nothing but a few trained men of his own and his reputation a master of psychological warfare by mean of sheer terror and unprecedented scale of prisoner execution through impalement ( google on that for detailed info ) . vlad father and also call vlad and be a member of the teutonic knightly order of the dragon and which have be establish in germany with the purpose of protect christianity against the rise of islam at the gate of europe . his affiliation with this order gain him the surname dracul which be a romanian translation for dragon and also a synonym for devil . vlad the impaler and that be the son of vlad dracul and inherit his father membership into the order of the dragon and but because he be the son of dracul and he be name draculea and or dracula and which mean son of dracul and son of the dragon and and ultimately son of the devil . his reputation a a mad executioner would be well justify by today standard and although he be just a babe when compare to other ruler of his time ( his own cousin and stephen the great and ruler of moldavia and the athlete of christ a he have be name by the pope for have repeatedly beat the crap out of the turk and have reportedly kill many more people through impalement than vlad but because he have always be politically correct and he never go down into history a a deranged butcher ) . vlad tepes have the saxon of transilvania account for their transgression against the conquered local romanian population and it be because of the vengeful literate german who write exacerbate story about him that he be later on remember a the sadistic figure we now read of in the history book . he have also be ruthless with the breaking of the law in his own land . the only punishment institute for whatever crime commit and regardless of it seriousness and be the one and only impalement . it because of this that and during his reign and crime have reportedly drop to nil . that be why and for the romanian and he still and up to this day and consider a national hero of special importance and unlike any other and because his name be call upon in time of great oppression and when corruption and plundering of the national economy by the oligarchic political class bring the common and ordinary citizen on their knee . when confront with such disaster and romanian cry out the verse of mihai eminescu ( 1850 1889 ) and the great national poet of romania and who have even write a poem in tepes honor which and in time and become a sort of a prayer for those crush by the arrogance of the ruling class . in a few word and it go something like this ( in free translation ) represent where be you and lord tepes or so that and by grab them or you would divide them in two pack represent or lunatic and scoundrel . or and in two large jail or you would forcibly gather them or and then set fire to the prison or and the madhouse . ( sound much and much well in romanian . lol positive . ) ) .