In 2013 the mystery of a legendary Ghost Castle will be revealed!
The history of the Ghost Castle
One of the most mysterious places which attract thrill-seekers from all over the world is the Sychrov Castle in the Czech Republic. This Castle is famous not only and not so much for its architectural finesse as for mysteries which are still unrevealed.
In spite of the fact that the age of the Castle is already several hundreds of years – as it was built in 1693 – it is the youngest Castle in the Czech Republic. It was the property of Lamott D’Frintropp, a French noble, and then the Castle owners changed several times. Afterwards the Frenchmen became the owners of the luxury estate again.
According to the legend, somewhere in the dungeons of the Castle the countless treasures are hidden, which are being guarded by “black lady” - the woman in a black dress of widow. Some tellers of this story, perhaps, in order to adorn the image, scary enough, began to call the “landlady” of the Castle “the black widow”. This name became so popular, that today it is some kind of a cliché and is used almost every time when a ghost woman is depicted. It has moved to hundreds of thousands of stories around the world. Anyone from local residents can hardly treat to this name with at least some grain of humor. In order not to shock curious tourists, staying here overnight, it is strictly forbidden to move things from place to place - they will sort themselves out in the morning all the same. As castle keepers say, “The landlady puts everything in order at home”.
Invested with an air of mystery and situated near mystic Transylvania the Castle and its secrecy became the main prototype of ghost castles in modern art.
Castle be back in cinema
Despite of such an image the Castle will become a movie character again. In 1972 a fairy-tale “Three Nuts for Cinderella” was produced here. And in 2013 the Castle will be a character of a new suspense film “Viy” 3D.
The part of this adventure story was shot here in the Sychrov Castle. It seemed what could be common between Viy and this estate? The thing is that under the “VIY” 3D plot a lady-love of Jonathan Green, a main hero, who in his turn has to hide from creditors and therefore he leaves for Muscovy exactly through Transylvania, lives here. On his way he strays and reaches the Cossack farm where events of a well-known story by N. V. Gogol have been taken place. Thus he has to reveal not only the misery of the castle but also the secrecy of the darkest creature of the Slavic mythology.
As movie producers say, Guillaume Levasseur de Beauplan, a French traveler, sat for the main character. Nevertheless, here is another version. The truth is that Rogan-Roshfor the eighth Duke of Montbazon, one of the Castle ex-owners and a representative of the most ancient French noble family, had to leave his estate and go abroad from creditors. This is how Jonathan Green, a movie hero, behaves.
We have succeeded to talk to the movie producers who have tasted the ancient secret. However the dialogue has revealed hardly anything, on the contrary it has added riddles.
Editors: Were there any mystic incidents during the shootings?
Alexey A. Petrukhin (“VIY” 3D director): No, there were not. We shot neither mystic nor horrors, but adventures. And there were aplenty of them! (laughing)
E: And do mystic incidents happen only with those who shoot horrors?
AAP: They happen with those who believe in them.
E: Did you or anybody from the team met with ghosts in the castle and in particular with “black lady”?
AAP: I won't tell you! Or, rather, I will but not today. Wait for the movie and you will see everything for yourself.
E: Do you really think that the castle misery will be revealed?
APP: A lot of secrets will be broken in the movie; it will be a big surprise for many people.
Well, such a bold claim indeed makes us to wait for a movie and learn what the movie creators will tell us. Maybe the misery of the darkest Castle will be really revealed.
But it will happen only in 2013. And meantime the castle is still one of the most mysterious and legendary places in the world. Poltergeist as well as travel amateurs should certainly pay here

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