Arriving at Hauptbahnhof, the main railway station, in Berlin, one in instantly met by vampires in the form of huge adverts for the Tanz der Vampire musical, currently performed at Theater des Westens. The photos were taken earlier today after some days of vacation in that city. Unfortunately, I did not find time to go to see the musical. However, I must admit that I am a bit wary of that kind of thing, although I enjoyed Polanski's film.
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Shame Polanski's film is better known by the awful UMS . title.
Considering that the American distributor also added an animated sequence at the beginning of the film, I doubt that they thought that it would sell adequately well by understatement and subtle humor alone...
According to Horror: The Aurum Film Encyclopedia:
'Officially a co-production between Polanski's Cadre Films, represented by Gutowski, and Filmways, the film was butchered for its American distribution by British-based American executive producer, Martin Ransohoff, who added an animated credit sequence, slicing away 16 minutes and re-dubbing some voices. The US print with the silly title, The Fearless Vampire Killers or Pardon Me But Your Teeth Are in My Neck, was rightly repudiated by Polanski who asked for the removal of his name from the credits.'
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