Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (TV)

Meet the man behind the legend in this true story of Vlad the Impaler, whose vicious and cruel reputation as a bloodthirsty warlord became the basis for the myth of Dracula. When young Vlad Dracula, the Prince Romania, and his younger brother Radu are kidnapped and held hostage by the Turkish Sultan Mohammed, their father is murdered and the Sultan holds the boys prisoner for many years. When the grown Vlad is finally released, he vows to avenge his father's death and to return to liberate his brother from the Sultan. As Vlad wages a bloody war both within his country and against the Turks, he finds enemies at every turn, but when he is betrayed by his closest confidants, he wages is life, and soul, for vengeance.