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Frankenstein on tuhottava

Original title: Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
  • 19691969
  • (Banned)(Banned)
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
4.8K
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Frankenstein on tuhottava (1969)
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Baron Frankenstein, with the aid of a young doctor and his fiancée, kidnaps the mentally sick Dr. Brandt in order to perform the first brain transplant operation.Baron Frankenstein, with the aid of a young doctor and his fiancée, kidnaps the mentally sick Dr. Brandt in order to perform the first brain transplant operation.Baron Frankenstein, with the aid of a young doctor and his fiancée, kidnaps the mentally sick Dr. Brandt in order to perform the first brain transplant operation.

IMDb RATING
6.7/10
4.8K
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  • Director
    • Terence Fisher
  • Writers
    • Bert Batt(screenplay)
    • Anthony Nelson Keys(from an original story by)
    • Mary Shelley(character: Frankenstein)
  • Stars
    • Peter Cushing
    • Veronica Carlson
    • Freddie Jones
  • Director
    • Terence Fisher
  • Writers
    • Bert Batt(screenplay)
    • Anthony Nelson Keys(from an original story by)
    • Mary Shelley(character: Frankenstein)
  • Stars
    • Peter Cushing
    • Veronica Carlson
    • Freddie Jones
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 80User reviews
    • 61Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
    Trailer 2:37
    Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

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    Veronica Carlson in Frankenstein on tuhottava (1969)
    Veronica Carlson in Frankenstein on tuhottava (1969)
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    Veronica Carlson in Frankenstein on tuhottava (1969)
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    Peter Cushing
    Peter Cushing
    • Baron Frankenstein
    Veronica Carlson
    Veronica Carlson
    • Anna Spengler
    Freddie Jones
    Freddie Jones
    • Professor Richter
    Simon Ward
    Simon Ward
    • Karl
    Thorley Walters
    Thorley Walters
    • Inspector Frisch
    Maxine Audley
    Maxine Audley
    • Ella Brandt
    George Pravda
    George Pravda
    • Doctor Brandt
    Geoffrey Bayldon
    Geoffrey Bayldon
    • Police Doctor
    Colette O'Neil
    • Mad Woman
    Frank Middlemass
    Frank Middlemass
    • Guest - Plumber
    George Belbin
    • Guest - Playing chess
    Norman Shelley
    • Guest - Smoking pipe
    Michael Gover
    • Guest - Reading newspaper
    Peter Copley
    Peter Copley
    • Principal
    Jim Collier
    • Dr. Heidecke
    Allan Surtees
    • Police Sergeant
    Windsor Davies
    Windsor Davies
    • Police Sergeant
    Jack Armstrong
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Terence Fisher
    • Writers
      • Bert Batt(screenplay) (from an original story by)
      • Anthony Nelson Keys(from an original story by)
      • Mary Shelley(character: Frankenstein) (uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      This film marks the return of director Terence Fisher after an extended absence from Hammer productions, as his films were considered too slow and emotional by this point. Fisher has mentioned in multiple interviews (and by his daughter's admittance), that this film was his personal favourite to make, along with Dracula (1958). After directing this film and Paholaisen morsian (1968), Fisher would once again be out of the picture for a while due to several car accidents. His final Hammer film was Frankenstein ja vampyyrin kosto (1974).
    • Goofs
      A crew member is visible just after the water-pipe bursts, about one hour into the movie. As Frankenstein enters the house and walks down the hallway, the camera pans across to the left, and as it does so, someone is seen disappearing quickly behind the doorway to get out of shot.
    • Quotes

      Baron Frankenstein: Had man not been given to invention and experiment, then tonight, sir, you would have eaten your dinner in a cave. You would've strewn the bones about the floor then wiped your fingers on a coat of animal skin. In fact, your lapels do look a bit greasy. Good night.

    • Alternate versions
      For its original cinema release the BBFC requested cuts to remove the rape of Anna by the Baron and to edit shots and sounds of sawing during the brain operation. All later video/DVD releases of the film have been fully uncut.
    • Connections
      Featured in Deadly Earnest's Nightmare Theatre: Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1978)

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    8/10
    Great British horror film.
    Peter Cushing stars as the evil Baron Frankenstein who,driven out of his homeland of Bohemia,has set up shop in an English boarding house,where he blackmails the lovely Miss Spengler,who has inherited proprietorship of the establishment from her ailing mother,and Miss Spengler's dashing young fiancé Carl into helping him with his diabolical experiments.Through Frankenstein's great good planning or great good fortune,Carl is a doctor employed at the mental hospital in which resides the infamous Dr. Brandt,Frankenstein's one time research associate and the very man Frankenstein came to England to see,now a hopeless madman.With Carl's help,Frankenstein plans to abduct Dr. Brandt and cure his insanity..."Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed" by Terence Fisher is brilliantly directed film.The script by Ben Batt is truly intelligent and Freddie Jones's creature is the most interestingly complex and well played of all the Hammer's Frankenstein monsters-indeed it is the only one to come anywhere near Mary Shelley's novel and her conception of an intelligent and literate creation come to taunt its creator for the condition inflicted on it.Give this one a look.8 out of 10.
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    • Release date
      • May 22, 1969 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Frankenstein bör förintas
    • Filming locations
      • Stanmore Hall, Wood Lane, Stanmore, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Hammer Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $100,437
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1(original & negative ratio)

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