Long believed lost, Turkey's Drakula Istanbul'da ("Dracula in Istanbul") is considered the first non-western film version of the Dracula story, and oddly one of most faithful to the Bram Stoker original. With Dracula scaling the castle walls, implied infanticide, and the ceremonious end of the vampire, with first the staking, then followed by a beheading, and then stuffing the mouth with garlic (as per the instructions in the novel), this movie adaption contains more of the creepier elements of the book than higher-budgeted and more pedigreed productions. Perhaps it's the proximity of Turkey to the Eastern Europe setting of the first part of the novel, or perhaps sharing similar legends and folklore, but Drakula Istanbul'da, in all it's threadbare grace, seem to have an authentic and maybe innate feel for the myths of the region that cannot be found in any Hollywood backlot. A connection is made in the film between the Count Dracula in the story and the real Vlad the Impaler, who, of course, impaled mainly Turks.
The film has been frequently written about, but very rarely seen, but now you can, courtesy of Turk Sinemasy, right here. Windows media required.