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Frankenstein: The True Story ()

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When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.
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Dr. John Polidori
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Dr. Victor Frankenstein
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Dr. Henri Clerval
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Agatha / Prima
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Elizabeth Fanshawe
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The Creature
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Sir Richard Fanshawe
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Lady Fanshawe (as Clarissa Kaye)
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Mrs. Blair
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Francoise DuVal
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Mr. Lacey
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Chief Constable
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Sea Captain
Julian Barnes ...
Young Man
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Passenger in Coach
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Hospital Matron
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Priest
Dallas Adams ...
Felix
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Lewis Alexander ...
Opera Patron (uncredited)
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1st Seaman (uncredited)
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Opera Patron (uncredited)
Walter Henry ...
Servant at Polidari's Ball (uncredited)
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1st Helper (uncredited)
Aileen Lewis ...
Opera Patron (uncredited)
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Seaman (uncredited)
Elizabeth Spender ...
Ballroom Guest (uncredited)
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2nd Helper (uncredited)

Directed by

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Jack Smight

Written by

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Christopher Isherwood ... (teleplay) &
Don Bachardy ... (teleplay)
 
Mary Shelley ... (novel "Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus")

Produced by

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Ian Lewis ... associate producer
Hunt Stromberg Jr. ... producer

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Gil Mellé ... (as Gil Melle)

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Arthur Ibbetson ... director of photography

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Richard Marden

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Wilfred Shingleton ... (as Wilfrid Shingleton)

Art Direction by

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Fred Carter

Costume Design by

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Elsa Fennell

Production Management

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Brian Burgess ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Geoff Glover ... second unit director (uncredited)
Terry Pearce ... third assistant director (uncredited)
John Stoneman ... first assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Ken Barker ... sound
Gordon Everett ... sound
Don Sharpe ... sound
Graham V. Hartstone ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)

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Brian Warner ... special effects
Roy Whybrow ... special effects
Alan Barnard ... special effects assistant (uncredited)
Ron Burton ... special effects draughtsman (uncredited)
Colin Chilvers ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Bud Rossler ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Brian Smithies ... special effects technician (uncredited)

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Peter Melrose ... matte artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Jimmy Spoard ... grip
Geoff Glover ... director of photography: second unit (uncredited)

Music Department

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Philip Martell ... music supervisor

Additional Crew

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Sally Gilpin ... choreographer
Sally Nicholl ... assistant: producer
Jacque Shelton ... assistant: producer
Phyl Allarie ... producer's secretary (uncredited)
Vicki Deason ... production secretary (uncredited)
Maurice Landsberger ... production accountant (uncredited)
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Taglines He created the perfect man - then something went wrong. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Frankenstein (1973) (France)
  • La verdadera historia de Frankenstein (Spain)
  • Frankenstein: Su verdadera historia (Uruguay)
  • A Verdadeira História de Frankenstein (Portugal)
  • I alithini istoria tou Frankenstein (Greece)
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  • 185 min
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Trivia The character "Dr. Polidori" is not in Mary Shelley's novel, although he includes elements of Victor Frankenstein's mentors, Doctors Waldman and Krempe. He is primarily based on Dr. Septimius Pretorius from Bride of Frankenstein (1935), but the name had to be changed because the Pretorius character is not in the public domain. He is named for Shelley's friend John William Polidori, who wrote a novella called "The Vampyre," which he began in the same weekend that she got the idea to write "Frankenstein". Polidori served as doctor for Lord Byron, who mockingly called him "Pollydolly", just like Clerval does in the film. See more »
Goofs When Polidori introduces Victor to the creature in his carriage, the interior point of view shot shows a Chinese servant closing the carriage door. A split second later, in a reverse angle shot from the exterior, the servant has vanished. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Frankenstein, wie er wirklich war 1 (1980). See more »
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Quotes Dr. Henry Clerval: You're afraid. I was afraid at first. It's the way we've been brought up. We've been brought up to fear! To fear the punishment of the gods. But Prometheus defied them.
Dr. Victor Frankenstein: And they punished him!
Dr. Henry Clerval: He scorned their punishment. So has every other hero that's stolen secrets from nature to give to mankind.
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