Young Frankenstein (1974)

Regisseur:

Mel Brooks

Drehbuchautoren:

Gene Wilder (story) and
Mel Brooks (story) ...

Premierendatum:

15. Dezember 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Sci-Fi

Werbezeile:

The scariest comedy of all time!

Plot:

Dr. Frankenstein's grandson, after years of living down the family reputation, inherits granddad's castle and repeats the experiments.

Plot Keywords:

Door Knocker | Abandoned Laboratory | Irreverent | Prosthetic Body Part | Orchestral Music Score

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 3 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Comedic Genius

Besetzung

Gene Wilder	...	Dr. Frankenstein
Peter Boyle	...	The Monster
Marty Feldman	...	Igor
Cloris Leachman	...	Frau Blücher
Teri Garr	...	Inga
Kenneth Mars	...	Inspector Kemp
Richard Haydn	...	Herr Falkstein
Liam Dunn	...	Mr. Hilltop
Danny Goldman	...	Medical Student
Oscar Beregi Jr.	...	Sadistic Jailor (as Oscar Beregi)
Arthur Malet	...	Village Elder
Anne Beesley	...	Little Girl
Monte Landis	...	Gravedigger
Rusty Blitz	...	Gravedigger
John Madison	...	A Villager

Alternativ:

Frankenstein Junior (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

106 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Deutsch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Altersfreigabe:

UK:15 (re-rating) (1987) | Finland:K-16 (cinema release) (1975) | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-16 (video rating) (1988) | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Iceland:LH | Norway:16 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:15 | UK:AA (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Netherlands:12

Drehorte:

Mayfair Theatre - 214 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, California, USA

Firma:

Gruskoff/Venture Films

Dies und das:

Teri Garr, who plays Inga, was called in when Madeline Kahn, whom 'Mel Brooks (I)' had originally wanted for the role, turned it down and asked if she could play Elizabeth instead. Mel Brooks told Garr that if she could come back the next day with a German accent, he'd like her for Inga. She looked at Mel and said, "Vell, yes, I could do zee German ackzent tomorrow - I could come back zis afternoon" and the part was hers.

Pannen:

Handlungsbrüche: In one scene, a guard taunts the creature with a lit match, as the creature is terrified of fire. Yet in the same scene, a torch is burning on the cell wall behind the creature, the cell where he's supposedly been held for hours without freaking out.

Dialogzitate:

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: HE'S GOT A ROTTEN BRAIN! IT'S ROTTEN, I TELL YA! ROTTEN!
The Monster: RAAAAAAAA!
Igor: Ixnay on the ottenray.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Parodiert The Walking Dead (1936)

Soundtrack:

Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life

Comedic Genius

Mel Brooks' tribute to the Frankenstein movies of the 40s is done with such love, such skill, and such side-splitting, fall-on-the-floor hilarity, that it has rightfully become a comedy classic. I first saw it in a movie theater: I had no idea what it was, had very little knowledge of Mel Brooks at the time, and expected to be bored. Instead, I found myself shrieking aloud with laughter that became so intense, I missed many of the major lines. Hence the video.

What can I say? From the wild-eyed Igor, the hunchbacked Transylvanian servant whose hump keeps changing from side to side, to the modern-day descendant of Baron von Frankenstein, determined not to follow in his great-grandfather's nefarious footsteps, to the nurse, a naif with enormous...er...chestal appendages, to the fearsome Frau Bleucher, whose mere mention causes horses in the castle's faraway stables to neigh in fear...to the scene of the monster and his creator singing and dancing in black tie to "putting on the Ritz," this movie should come with a warning: "Danger--Uncontrollable Laughter May Become Chronic."

The cast is beyond superb. The late, wonderful British comedian Marty Feldman (Igor), who turned his congenital wandering eyes into comedic foils, never misses a beat as second banana to Gene Wilder, who plays the distraught Dr. Frankenstein to the hilt and beyond. Cloris Leachman, who looks like a cross between a witch and a warlock, plays the feared housekeeper Frau Bleucher (neighhh!!!), and a very young, beautiful, and buxom Teri Garr plays the nurse-assistant to the good doctor. Then there is the marvelous Madeline Kahn, who gave a bravura performance as the doctor's fiancee. The late comedienne's burst into operatic ecstasy during her rape by the monster is simply inspired, and is one of the comedic high points of the entire film. All of Kahn's considerable talents came into play during this movie; she was taken from us too soon.