 There are differences between the German and French releases of the film . The character Allan Grey is named David Gray for the German release , which Dreyer attributed to a mistake . The German censors ordered cuts to the film that still exist today in some prints . The scenes which had to be toned down include the doctor 's death under the milled flour and the vampire 's death from the stake . There are other scenes that were shot and included in the script that do not exist in any current prints of Vampyr . These scenes reveal the vampire in the factory recoiling against a shadow of a Christian cross as well as a ferryman guiding Gray and Gisèle by getting young children to build a fire and sing a hymn to guide them back to the shore . 
