Der Graf - On the 550th Anniversary of an Undead's Death

with: Julia Kemp (actress)

"Der Graf" is one of Bela B's best-known songs - his personal tribute to Count Dracula, a cult figure who has fascinated him since childhood. It's no coincidence: his stage name derives from Bela Lugosi, the first actor to play Dracula in a sound film.

The evening revolves around the vampire myth that began exactly 550 years ago - with the death of Transylvanian ruler Vlad III, known as Count Draculea or Vlad the Impaler. Bram Stoker borrowed this epithet for his vampire count, and since then the figure has haunted literature and popular culture, far beyond the horror genre.

On September 29, Bela B reads excerpts from various Dracula stories at Laeiszhalle Hamburg and presents his favorite chapters. He is accompanied by actress Julia Kemp, who will perform as Dr. van Helsing, among other roles.

Bela B Felsenheimer (born 1962 in West Berlin) is a drummer, guitarist, composer, singer, actor, and voice actor and audiobook narrator, best known as a member of the punk rock band Die Ärzte. As an author, he has published short stories, a film screenplay, and the novels Scharnow and FUN, both of which immediately entered the SPIEGEL bestseller list.

Julia Kemp is an actress, moderator, and literary mediator. She studied cultural and literary studies as well as acting, and is known to Hamburg audiences through roles at the Ohnsorg Theater and Hamburg Sprechwerk. She also moderates literary events, advises at the Lüders bookstore, writes a column for Bücher magazine, and works as a text producer at SPIEGEL.