 Most of the cast in Vampyr were not professional actors . Jan Hieronimko , who plays the village doctor , was found on a late night metro train in Paris . When approached to act in the film , Hieronimko stared blankly and did not reply . Hieronimko later contacted Dreyer 's crew and agreed to join the film . Many of the other non @-@ professional actors in the film were found in similar fashion in shops and cafes . The only professional actors in the film were Maurice Schutz , who plays the Lord of the Manor , and Sybille Schmitz , who plays his daughter Léone . Many crew members of Vampyr had worked with Dreyer on his previous film The Passion of Joan of Arc . Returning crew members included cinematographer Rudolph Maté and art director Hermann Warm . 
