AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "Jonathan" is a West German movie from 1970, in the German language, so this one approach its 50th anniversary as well. It was written and directed by Bavarian filmmaker Hans W. Geissendörfer (his very first work as writer and first full feature work as director) and is loosely based on Bram Stoker's Dracula. I think the connection is very vague though because honestly the fact that vampires are in here and one of them is the count is not really enough to make this connection. I am not entirely sure if this film plays in the past or future, but it is the story of the character in the title and how he was chosen to stop the domination of the vampires. There are some major problems with this film though. First of all, from the poster it may look like a soft porno, almost a Schulmädchenreport, but honestly it is a completely different movie and I guess they just wanted to use this series' popularity to get as many people to theaters as possible. Anyway, there are also issues with the plot. We have really strong vampires here apparently, who managed to adapt evolutionary in a way that not even sunlight can't hurt them anymore, yet we are supposed to believe that a young man is powerful enough to put an end to them. I just can't buy it. Other than that, the film occasionally offers an approach on the subject of vampire films that can still be considered fresh and different almost half a century later. So I think there was definitely the possibility for this to turn into a really interesting work. But because of major plot holes I think it can really only be appreciated as a guilty pleasure today or for its general awkwardness. In contrast to many other German films from the 1970s, the film does not include actors in the cast that are still known today, not even to big film buffs I'm afraid. This also includes lead actor Jürgen Jung. Still I think that is not the major problem here. Of course, none of the performances stand out at all or are memorable, but they also aren't worse than the mediocre rest in all areas of this projects. I give it a thumbs-down and nobody except vampire film completionists should check it out.

preppy-3 SPOILERS AHEAD!!!! I caught this a few years ago at a revival theatre in Massachusetts. They had to special order a copy of it from Germany. I knew that it was a political vampire film--I believe it likened fascism to vampirism. Not a bad idea but the movie is a total mess. For starters some of the subtitles were misspelled ("piece" was used instead of "peace") and the plot was basically nonexistent. It just had a bunch of people in bad vampire makeup mumbling some political propaganda. My audience took it seriously--at first. Then when it became obvious that the film was going nowhere and repeating itself the audience began to laugh. When the villagers in the movie destroyed the vampires my audience was in hysterics. Gotta love the scene where a woman is slapping a dead person...and the guy obviously blinks! It all leads to a truly stupid ending with the vampires being forced into water and dissolving (????) So, the basic idea was not bad but this movie didn't know how to handle it in an interesting (or coherent) manner. Hard to find for obvious reasons. I give it a 1.

tintin-23 I saw Jonathan in the early '70s, at the old Harvard Square Theater, in Cambridge, MA, and I have been looking for it to reappear on the screens ever since (or maybe on DVD). Contrary to the "classical" vampire film, Jonathan's plot is rather an original one, in so far that it carries a political message. A bunch of aristocratic, fascist vampires, led by the evil Count, have taken over the country. They have turned their peasant population into slaves and literally suck the blood out of them. In their midst, a hero appears, ready to destroy this scourge. I think it would be most "a propos," given the neo-aristocratic present administration of Bush "le petit," for this film to be reissued.I do not remember all the details of the film, the cinematography, acting, etc, but I do remember being enthralled by it and kept riveted in my chair. Given these vague memories, it is difficult for me to give this film a precise rating, but I can safely give it a seven or eight stars. So let's go with eight.

Edgar Soberon Torchia Geissendorfer's first feature was an original approach to Bram Stoker's Dracula, but it is seldom mentioned in most studies of vampirism on film. Jonathan must fight against wild and aristocratic vampires, who do not stop at anything to satisfy their thirst for blood. Cows, sheep, chickens, anything is left bloodless in this outrageous film, which luckily is also funny.