Cast adapted from the books Lugosi : His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers and Becoming Dracula: Volume 1.

[2][1] Az élet királya was based on Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891).

[8] In the Hungarian newspaper Pesti Napló, a critic declared the film "a great psychological drama" and declared it an interesting comparison with the German film Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray by Richard Oswald.

[9] Other reviews praised the work of Bela Lugosi, who performed in the film under the name Arisztid Olt.

[4] A critic in Mozihét Kino-Woche stated Lugis played Lord Watton "with an artfulness of the highest quality"[4][10] while another called his acting "most noble.