 Vampyr ( German : Vampyr – Der Traum des Allan Grey , " Vampire : the Dream of Allan Grey " ; German pronunciation : [ <unk> ̯ ] ) is a 1932 German – French horror film directed by Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer . The film was written by Dreyer and Christen Jul based on elements from J. Sheridan Le Fanu 's collection of supernatural stories In a Glass Darkly . Vampyr was funded by Nicolas de Gunzburg who starred in the film under the name of Julian West among a mostly non @-@ professional cast . Gunzburg plays the role of Allan Grey , a student of the occult who enters the village of Courtempierre , which is under the curse of a vampire . 
