Main specs
Actor(s): Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight Frye, Lionel Belmore, Frederick Kerr, Pauline Moore, Arletta Duncan, Francis Ford, Marilyn Harris, Michael Mark
Director(s): James Whale
Genre: Horror
Classification: Parental Guidance
Production Year: 1931
Colour: Black & White
Running Time: 1 hour 9 minutes
Franchise Name: Frankenstein
Video Category: Feature Film
Country Of Origin: United States of America
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK; UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS
Release date: 01/11/2005
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: 903 263 9
Editor: Maurice Pivar, Clarence Kolster
Barcode: 3259190326392
Production Designer: Charles D. Hall
Screenwriter: John L. Balderston, Francis Edward Faragoh, Garrett Fort, Robert Florey
Cinematographer: Arthur Edeson, Robert Florey
Composer: David Broekman
Director of Photography: Arthur Edeson
Producer: Carl Laemmle
Author: Mary Shelley, John L. Balderston, Peggy Webling, Garrett Fort
Art Director: Charles D. Hall
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DVD Description
FRANKENSTEIN is James Whale's first stylish, expressionist film (INVISIBLE MAN, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN) to grace the Universal horror cycle of the 1930s and 1940s (DRACULA, THE MUMMY). Scientist Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) and his hunchbacked assistant, Fritz (Dwight Frye), embark on an unholy mission by stealing a body from a graveyard and a human brain from a medical college. Unbeknownst to Frankenstein, however, Fritz takes a violent and murderous abnormal brain. Henry's strange letters about his experiments worry his fiancee, Elizabeth (Mae Clark), and friends Victor (John Boles) and Dr. Waldman (Edward Van Sloan). They arrive at Frankenstein's laboratory to find the spectacular scene of creation under way and Frankenstein intoxicated with his own godlike power. FRANKENSTEIN is in many ways the original horror classic, virtually creating the genre itself, leading to numerous sequels and myriad imitators. Whale's ability to give humanity to the Monster is one of the film's most stunning successes.
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