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1931 | B/N | 70 min 0 seg

A screen adaptation of Mary Shelley?s gothic novel published in 1818. The title is derived from the mad, obsessed scientist, Dr. Henry Frankenstein, who experiments with the creation of an artificial life using parts of human corpses. Frankenstein's unnamed monster ultimately terrorizes the Bavarian countryside after being mistreated by his maker's assistant Fritz, as well as by society as a whole.


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Whale; James
Script: Fort; Garrett, Edwards Faragoh; Francis
Production: Laemmle Jr.; Carl
Photography: Edeson; Arthur
Sound: Hedgcock; William, Hunter; C.Roy
Music: Broekman; David
Cast:Karloff; Boris, Clive; Colin, Clarke; Mae, Boles; John, Van Sloan; Edward, Kerr; Frederick, Frye; Dwight
Art direction: D. Hall; Charles
Participation year at FICM: 2012

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