Count Dracula "Master" and "Lord". Dracula also afflicts Lucy with chronic sleepwalking, putting her into a trance-like state that allows them not only to submit to his will but also seek him and satisfy his need to feed. Dracula's powers and weaknesses vary greatly in the many adaptations. Previous and subsequent vampires from different legends have had similar vampire characteristics. Dracula is one of the most famous characters in popular culture. He has been portrayed by more actors in more visual media adaptations of the novel than any other horror character. Actors who have played him include Max Schreck, Bela Lugosi, John
Dracula in popular culture called "Nosferatu: eine Symphonie des Grauens" ("Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror"), which took the story of Dracula and set it in Transylvania and Germany. In the story, Dracula's role was changed to that of Count Orlok, played by Max Schreck. The Stoker estate won its lawsuit, and all existing prints of "Nosferatu" were ordered destroyed. However, a number of unlicensed copies of the movie survived to the present era, where they entered the public domain. The 1931 film version of "Dracula" was based on the 1927 stage play dramatised, with the Stoker estate's endorsement, by Hamilton Deane and John L.