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About movie
Realization

Locations

Slovakia

Cachtice castle: opening sequence – present
Pribylina – outdoor museum: construction of pub – kitchen, in front of pub, monks' rooms, exteriers of Cachtice village – square, church + interiors of church
Bratislava – studio Koliba: ghothic chambers, castle underground – secret passage (partial), underground of Erzsébeth manor including: bloody bath, postmortem chamber, torture chamber (Sarvar castle)
Bratislava – Dunaj river: Dunaj river – conspiracy meeting scene
Bratislava – Miloslavov: looting of Hungarian cities, scene from Venezia, streets of Buda
Vysoké Tatry: exteriers of Erzsébeth's lordship (Cactice castle)

Czech republic

Točník: Cachtice castle entrance, courtyard, gallows and underground, walls, Black tower, exteriers of assault scenes
Doudleby: Renaissance garden, courtyard of Erzsébeth's manor house, chambers of Erzsébeth manor house
Sovinec: Cactice castle moat, courtyard with cannons, walls, silhouhette of Castle tower
Zvíkov: catholic monastery of Cardinal Forgacz – arcades and chapel
Telč: Renaissance chambers of Sarvar – Erzsébeth, chamber and bedroom of Ferenc, chapel, chambers of King Mathias II, garden of Sarvar, interiors of Turkish tradesman, castle courtyard in Vienna, courtroom in Bitca
Surroindings of Telč: winter exteriors – Sled ride, execution, funeral
Pernštejn: passages and chambers of Cachtice castle, entrance to underground, stairs to the Castle, small castle Court
Jindřichův Hradec: chambers of Ersébeth manor, Castle prison, black kitchen of Darvulia, Renaissance hall of Monteverdi opera
Lednice: Thurzo's residence – garden – Transilvania castle (interior) – Chess game
Velké Losiny: chambers of Vienna castle, Sarvar castle / Nádaszdy residency – interiors, courtyard, Bitca tribunal and garden, Erzsebeth's chamber with clavichord at Cachtice
Křivoklát: Palatine's Romania residence – Gothic interiers; Prince Zigmund's castle in Transilvania (interior)
Buchlov: Turkish prison – interior and courtyard, escape of Thurzo and Nádaszdy, Darvulia's black magic sanctum, Cachtice castle – Pál's bedroom, entrance hall and passage
Žebrák: secret exit from Cachtice castle
Mělník outside of Prague: battlefield
Kutná Hora – Church of St. Barbara: Vienna cathedral – interior
Řeporyje – outdoor museum: burning of hungarien village
Praha – Three brothers studios: Thurzo's bedroom

Statistics

How many cans of Red Bulls the crew drink out?: Approx. 7 000 cans.
How much alcohol was consumed?: Officially: After working hours approx. 17 500 liters.
Unofficially: during filming one, of course – we swear :)
How many foods was given?: Approx. 48 000.
How much coffee was consumed?: Approx. 42 000.
How many liters of fluids totally the crew consumed?: 30 000 liters.
How many days, months, years is being worked on this production?: Of course, Juraj Jakubisko was the first. 1 640 days, 54 months, 4 years, 6 months passed since the first line has been written in the screenplay.
How many contracts have been written?: Approx. 1 000 contracts.
How many papers have been used up? How tall would be the ream?: Approx. 13 m.
How many pages did Mr. Jakubisko write up in his diary? How many diaries have been written up?: He is finishing third diary, each diary consists of 500 pages, so approx. 1 500 pages.
How many injuries happened?: Five, luckily none them were permanent.
How many headache pills was consumed: Approx. 6 000.
How many companies, person, suppliers were fired or replaced?: Approx. 750.
How many hotel rooms were rented?: Approx. 7 000.
How many flight tickets were booked?: Approx. 500.
How many versions of the poster were created?: 20.
How many people were on strike?: Each member of the crew, at least once a day.
How many people were involved in this movie: There have been 1 000 people involved.
How many liters of film blood was spilled?: Approx. 150 liters.
How many costumes were made for Erzsebet?: Erzsebet had 82 different disguises. We tailored 60 new costumes and manufactured over 100 small accessories and decorations.
How many costumes were used during filming?: Approx. 5 000 costumes.
How many pictures were taken?: Approx. 15 000.
How many fines were paid?: Approx. 100
How many cigarettes were smoked out?: Approx. 210 000 cigarettes.
How many birthdays occurred during filming?: 200.
How many kilometers were driven during filming?: Approx. 2 500 000 km.
How much was the phone bill during production?: Approx. 3 000 000 CZK.
How many meters of film material was used?: 74 000 meters.
How many times the clapperboard clapped?: 5 640 times.
How many actors were standing in front of the camera during filming?: Approx. 200.
How many extras were used during filming?: Approx. 3000.
How many horses were used?: Approx. 300 horses.
How many dialects were spoke on set?: 10 (Czech, Slovakian, English, French, Hungarian, Turkish, Romanian, Italian, Russian, Angelic)
How many locations were used during filming?: There were 13 castles and mansions of all 23 locations.