Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) (TV)

Regisseur:

Jack Smight

Drehbuchautoren:

Don Bachardy (writer)
Christopher Isherwood (writer)

Premierendatum:

30. November 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A more psychological telling of the Mary Shelley story has a different kind of monster... |

Plot Keywords:

Monster | Frankenstein's Monster | Doctor Frankenstein | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Filmpreise:

1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Still a Classic

Besetzung

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

Alternativ:

Frankenstein, wie er wirklich war (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

182 Min

Produktionsland:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.33 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Firma:

Universal TV

Dies und das:

The last film of Michael Wilding.

Dialogzitate:

The Creature: Do you still assume the authority of the almighty, Miss Fanschawe?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in FeardotCom (2002)

Still a Classic

This movie was shown in two parts on TV and ran over 240 minutes. It is truly a shame that the publisher of the VHS version saw fit to take editorial license and reduce the currently available version to approximately 122 minutes. If you can find an original full length version, snap it up as this classic is as scary now as it was back in 1973. At the age of nine this movie (when watched in the dark) on Channel 45's Ghost Host Theatre was enough to make me sleep with a light on. Classic acting by James Mason and a very young Jane Seymour made this production exceptional. Michael Sarrazin's portrayal of the monster did evoke sympathy and then fear. In the 240+ minute original, a few parts did drag, but the best way to see it is in it's entirety.