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Writers:
Don Bachardy (writer)
Christopher Isherwood (writer)
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Release Date:
30 November 1973 (USA) more
Plot:
A more psychological telling of the Mary Shelley story has a different kind of monster... | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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Fabulous re-telling of the original story more (32 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| James Mason | ... | Dr. John Polidori | |
| Leonard Whiting | ... | Dr. Victor Frankenstein | |
| David McCallum | ... | Dr. Henry Clerval | |
| Jane Seymour | ... | Agatha / Prima | |
| Nicola Pagett | ... | Elizabeth Fanschawe | |
| Michael Sarrazin | ... | The Creature | |
| Michael Wilding | ... | Sir Richard Fanshawe | |
| Clarissa Kaye-Mason | ... | Lady Fanschawe (as Clarissa Kaye) | |
| Agnes Moorehead | ... | Mrs. Blair | |
| Margaret Leighton | ... | Francoise DuVal | |
| Ralph Richardson | ... | Mr. Lacey | |
| John Gielgud | ... | Chief Constable (Police) | |
| Tom Baker | ... | Sea Captain | |
| Dallas Adams | ... | Felix | |
| Julian Barnes | ... | Young Man |
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182 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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The footage of the 'Figaro' opera singer receiving applause is actually a shot of Susannah Foster's curtain call from the 1943 version of The Phantom of the Opera. more
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Continuity: When Victor is talking to Elizabeth outside the church at his brother's funeral, he is holding his right hand on her shoulder. The shot switches to Elizabeth's face, and his hand is still on her shoulder. In the next wide shot, Victor's hand is down by his side. The following closeup of Elizabeth shows Victor's hand back on her shoulder. more
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Dr. Victor Frankenstein: The process is r... R? Ready to begin! more
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Featured in Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) more
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Although this film may digress in many ways from the book, it is nonetheless superb. A fine cast, including Leonard Whiting, Nicola Padgett and guest appearances from many others, rounds out the experience. One empathizes with the monster, who begins his new life as a beautiful, sensitive creature only to physically and aesthetically deteriorate as time goes on. An interesting twist is the subplot of Prima, the second creature, created by Dr. Polidori (Victor's nemesis) with the assistance of Victor...I first saw this movie on television when I was about 9 or 10, I seem to remember it being shown in two parts, the second part beginning with Polidori's attempt to bring Prima into elite society, followed with the downfall of Victor, the monster and Polidori. Really one of my favorite re-tellings of the Frankenstein story.