From Rossellini to Dracula: Radu Jude in Transylvania

Welcome to season four of the Klassiki Podcast! Over the next ten weeks we’ll be exploring more of the past and present of Eastern European film with a whole host of fantastic guests.

We’re kicking off season four with a return guest – one of our very favourite filmmakers, Radu Jude. After the success of last year’s gig-economy satire Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, Radu is back in 2025 with not one but two new films. Kontinental ‘25, which premiered in Berlin earlier this year, is an homage to Roberto Rossellini’s classic morality tale Europa ‘51. It follows an ethnic Hungarian bailiff in the Transylvanian city of Cluj who suffers a crisis of conscience after the suicide of a man she has evicted. Shot on iPhones, it’s a stripped back account of the tensions at the heart of the European project. And Radu is also putting the final touches on what promises to be an unmissable take on the Dracula legend – watch out for that one arriving soon.

Host Sam Goff sat down with Radu to discuss Transylvania, fascism, vampires, and TikTok. Listen to our previous podcast episode with the director here and explore a selection of his features and shorts on Klassiki now.

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Intro music by Juliet Merchant.