candles rise and engulf her in flames. Upon hearing of her death, Thurzo concedes that she has once again made the move he least expected, as when they once played chess together, and admits that he has always loved her. Cast Production Juraj Jakubisko declared in an interview: Casting In late January 2006, Famke Janssen was announced to play Báthory, and her photos with Jakubisko showed up in the media. Her first appearance was planned for 6 March 2006. Meanwhile other sequences (those not involving her) were being shot. Around 8 March 2006, news agencies reported that Janssen had been replaced by the English actress Anna Friel. Financing and production companies The budget of 10 million EUR (around 15 million USD) makes it the most expensive Slovak film and second most expensive Czech film. The film is a joint effort of Slovak, Czech, British, and Hungarian production companies: Jakubisko Film Slovakia s.r.o. (SK), Eurofilm Studio KFT (HU), Jakubisko Film, s.r.o. (CZ), Lunar Films Ltd (UK) and Concorde Film Trust (HU) with additional government funding provided by Eurimages (EU), the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic (SK), and Czech Film Fund (CZ). Accolades Czech Lion 2008 • The most successful movie • The best artistic asset of the year • The best artist and artistic concept • The best costume designer Monaco Charity Film Festival 2010 • The Best Artistic Achievement WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival 2011 • REMI Special Jury Award in Historical/Period piece • REMI Gold Award for "Best Art Direction" References External links Audiovisual content websites About Bathory The Hollywood reporter review 2008 films 2008 fantasy films Slovak LGBT-related films Czech LGBT-related films Hungarian fantasy films Hungarian LGBT-related films British fantasy films British LGBT-related films English-language Slovak films English-language Czech films English-language Hungarian films Films directed by Juraj Jakubisko Films set in Hungary Films set in Slovakia Films set in the 16th century Films set in the 1600s Films set in the 1610s Films shot in Austria Films shot in Hungary Films shot in Slovakia Films shot in the Czech Republic Religious horror films 2000s serial killer films LGBT-related horror films Films scored by Simon Boswell 2000s biographical films Czech historical films Hungarian historical films British historical films 2008 LGBT-related films Slovak historical films 2000s English-language films 2000s British films British epic films Czech epic films Hungarian epic films Slovak epic films