The Vampyr A Soap Opera [1992] (TV) VHS rip

The Vampyr: A Soap Opera (BBC TV) [1992]



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105724/




The Vampyr: A Soap Opera (1992) (TV)



This is a full screen VHS transfer downloaded from Cinemageddon.org; the quality is not very good. This does not appear to be available on DVD, but it is an entertaining and unusual adaptation of a classic story.



1 hr 36 min



Directed by

Nigel Finch



Writers

Heinrich Marschner (opera 1827)

Wilhelm August Wohlbruck (opera libretto 1827)

Charles Hart (words 1992)



Adapted from

Lord Byron story "The Vampyr"

John Polidori story







Omar Ebrahim ... Ripley, the Vampyr [yummy]

Willemijn Van Gent ... Ginny

Roberto Salvatori ... Berkeley

Colenton Freeman ... George

Roy Gregory ... Police Inspector

Fiona O'Neill ... Miranda

Philip Salmon ... Alex

Winston ... High Priestess of Satan

Richard Van Allan ... Davenant

Charles Hart ... Dornan

Salli-Ann Shepherdson ... Emma (as Sally-Ann Shepherdson)



Acolytes

China Gordon Moya Griffiths Hayley Kaye Leigh Mathey Miranda Pía



Satanists

Richard Ashley Hema Chavda Pamela Craine Michael Eton Yvonne French Anna Golden Clive Hopkins Bernard Jamieson Gillian Jesson Audrey Kirby Vanita Nichols Cliffe Obaseki Helen Sheals Guy Standeven Lionel Stevens Janet Varley







Synchronised Swimmers

Mark Jarvis Clare Pember Alan Wolleston Jayne Wolleston





Twins

Angela Hart Liz Cook



Sarah Jane Wright ... Susie

Richard Suart ... Blunt

Sjaak Van der Bent ... Car Wash Attendant

Maurice Clarke ... Car Wash Attendant

Tarcissius Januel ... Car Wash Attendant

Richard Caldicot ... Vicar

Robert Stephens ... Narrator





Der Vampyr (The Vampire) is a Romantic opera in two acts by Heinrich Marschner. The German libretto by Wilhelm August Wohlbrück is based on the play Der Vampir oder die Totenbraut (1821) by Heinrich Ludwig Ritter, which itself was based on the short novel The Vampyre (1819) by John Polidori. The first performance took place on 29 March 1828 in Leipzig. The opera is still occasionally performed, and, in 1992, an updated adaptation, entitled The Vampyr, a Soap Opera, with new lyrics by Charles Hart, starring Omar Ebrahim and produced by Janet Street-Porter, was serialised on BBC television.



BAFTA Awards



1993 Nominated BAFTA TV Award Best Design Jim Grant



I could not find a list online of the song titles, but these are from the OST on Amazon UK:



1. Overture

2. Hail Satan - Chorus

3. Blood, My Life Is in Their Blood - Omar Ebrahim

4. Summer Night Smile Down on Me - Fiona O'Neill

5. Where Is Davenant? - Omar Ebrahim, Fiona O'Neill, , Richard Van Allan, Chorus

6. Now You Look Like the Kind of Guy - Omar Ebrahim, ,

7. Right, It's Time I Had Some Answers - Omar Ebrahim,

8. Want to Know Why I Was Watching You? - Omar Ebrahim,

9. Morning, With You in a Tick - Richard Suart, Susie Wright, Chorus

10. Cold Light of Death - Chorus

11. Come on, I Haven't Got All Morning - Fiona O'Neill,

12. Maker of Every Good - Omar Ebrahim, Fiona O'Neill, , Chorus,