A man in the audience asked Kumel to give us an idea of what the deleted footage showed. "You really should get the DVD to find out," the director encouraged. Some of the more overt lesbian-themed scenes were cut down. "When Ilona tries to leave the Countess and Elizabeth says to her, ¢â‚¬ËœYou would never leave me. Without me, you'd have no life.' Ilona replies, ¢â‚¬ËœYou call this a life?' But that last line was cut in this version. There's still enough left in the movie that you can get an idea of what's going on but it's very subtle¢â‚¬¦Subtle¢â‚¬¦" he laughed. "That's like saying Michael Moore is subtle. No, no, I'm not comparing myself to him." The scene where the medics are carrying a corpse out of the hotel was also longer and more violent. "Stefan sees the corpse and goes berserk. His wife tries to restrain him, but he hits her and throws her back against the side of the building. But in America, the rules are so strict. You can't even have a man wearing Speedos in a movie. They all have to wear those awful trunks."
Um, Karlen certainly "wears" a lot less than Speedos in the complete version of the film.
In fact, all the nudity is far more explicit - if you're into that sort of thing.
To get a better idea about the film, people might want to check out this topic from 2002, starting with this post:
I had no idea it was hard to come by.
I have a nephew-in-law who used to work for a store that specialised in laser-discs and then DVDs.
I e-mailed him in Manhattan at 9am with my 'unusual' request ("Aunt Rainey, did you say a LESBIAN/VAMPIRE flick ??!!) and the courier was at my house by noon with the...object....in his hand.
I'll have to remember to thank him again!!
Rainey
Since posting that the DVD (originally released by Anchor Bay back in 1998) was hard to find, I've noticed that DoD was reissued in 2003 by Blue Underground with all new packaging. I don't know if it's a part of the new version, but the Italian poster was included in the original release:
(Also, in case anyone is interested, a friend who belongs has told me that the Columbia House DVD Club offers a lot better deals now than they did two years ago.)