Young Frankenstein (1974) Movie Overview

Young Frankenstein is a 1974 comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder as the title character. Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, and Gene Hackman also star. The screenplay was written by Brooks and Wilder. The film is an affectionate parody of the classical horror film genre, in particular the various film adaptations of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein produced by Universal in the 1930s. Most of the pieces of lab equipment used as props are the same ones created by Kenneth Strickfaden for the 1931 film Frankenstein. To further reflect the atmosphere of the earlier films, Brooks shot the picture entirely in black-and-white, a rare choice at the time, and employed 1930s-style opening credits and period scene transitions such as iris outs, wipes, and fades to black. The film also features a notable period score by Brooks’ longtime composer John Morris. Young Frankenstein is number 28 on Total Film Magazine’s “List of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films of All Time”, number 56 on Bravo television network’s list of the “100 Funniest Movies”, and number 13 on the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 funniest American movie… Source

• Young Frankenstein Movie Details
• Director: Mel Brooks
• Official Sites: Bis Repetita [fr]
• Tagline: The scariest comedy of all time!
• Country: USA
• Run Time: 106 min
• Genre: Comedy , Music , Sci-Fi

• Cast Overview
• Gene Wilder as Dr. Frankenstein
• Peter Boyle as The Monster
• Marty Feldman as Igor
• Cloris Leachman as Frau Blücher
• Teri Garr as Inga
• Kenneth Mars as Inspector Kemp

Young Frankenstein Movie Review from New York Times

Lending his burlesque touch to 1970s genre revision, Mel Brooks followed his hit “western” Blazing Saddles with this parody of 1930s Universal horror movies. Determined to live down his family’s reputation, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (co-screenwriter Gene Wilder) insists on pronouncing his name “Fronckensteen” and denies interest in replicating his… Source

Young Frankenstein Movie Details from Imdb

A young neurosurgeon (Gene Wilder) inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback called Igor, a pretty lab assistant named Inga and the old housekeeper, frau Blucher -iiiiihhh!-. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather is only crap, but when he discovers… Source