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Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
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Henry Frankenstein
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Elizabeth
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Victor Moritz
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The Monster
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Doctor Waldman
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Baron Frankenstein
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Fritz
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The Burgomaster
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Little Maria
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Ted Billings ...
Villager (uncredited)
Mae Bruce ...
Screaming Maid (uncredited)
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Villager (uncredited)
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William Dyer ...
Gravedigger (uncredited)
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Hans (uncredited)
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Mourner (uncredited)
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Little Girl (uncredited)
Seessel Anne Johnson ...
Little Girl (uncredited)
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Mourner (uncredited)
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Ludwig (uncredited)
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Villager (uncredited)
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Bridesmaid (uncredited)
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Villager (uncredited)
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Mourner at Gravesite (uncredited)
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Maid (uncredited)
Rose Plumer ...
Villager (uncredited)
Cecil Reynolds ...
Waldman's Secretary (uncredited)
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Medical Student (uncredited)

Directed by

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James Whale

Written by

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John L. Balderston ... (based upon the composition by)
 
Mary Shelley ... (from the novel by) (as Mrs. Percy B. Shelley)
 
Peggy Webling ... (adapted from the play by)
 
Garrett Fort ... (screen play) &
Francis Edward Faragoh ... (screen play) (as Francis Edwards Faragoh)
 
Richard Schayer ... (scenario editor)
 
Robert Florey ... (contributor to treatment) (uncredited)
 
John Russell ... (contributor to screenplay construction) (uncredited)

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E.M. Asher ... associate producer
Carl Laemmle Jr. ... producer

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Bernhard Kaun ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Arthur Edeson
Paul Ivano ... (uncredited)

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Clarence Kolster ... film editor

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Maurice Pivar ... supervising film editor (as Maurice E. Pivar)

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Charles D. Hall

Makeup Department

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Pauline Eells ... wig maker (uncredited)
Jack P. Pierce ... makeup artist (uncredited) / makeup designer (uncredited)

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Joseph A. McDonough ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Ed Keyes ... property master (uncredited)
Herman Rosse ... set designer (uncredited)

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C. Roy Hunter ... recording supervisor
Jack Foley ... sound effects (uncredited)
William Hedgcock ... sound recordist (uncredited)

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Franz Dallons ... props (uncredited)
Oscar Dallons ... props (uncredited)
Paul Dallons ... props (uncredited)
John P. Fulton ... special effects (uncredited)
Ken Strickfaden ... special electrical properties (uncredited)

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Brian J. McNamara ... digital restoration artist
Cleo E. Baker ... minatures (uncredited)

Stunts

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Ken Strickfaden ... stunt double: for Karloff as the monster under electrical sparking equipment (uncredited)

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Sherman Clark ... still photographer (uncredited)
Jack Eagan ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Jack Freulich ... still photographer (uncredited)
Alan Jones ... second camera (uncredited)
George Trafton ... assistant camera (uncredited)

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Mae Bruce ... wardrobe assistant (uncredited)

Music Department

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David Broekman ... musical director (uncredited)
Gilbert Kurland ... music supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Carl Laemmle ... presenter / president: Universal Pictures Corp.
Frank Graves ... electrical effects assistant (uncredited)
Raymond Lindsay ... electrical effects (uncredited)
Robert Livingston ... double: Colin Clive, closing distant shot (uncredited)
Cecil Reynolds ... medical consultant (uncredited)
Gerald L.G. Sampson ... technical advisor (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

The 1931 horror movie "Frankenstein", tells the tale of when Henry Frankenstein who is a doctor, trying to discover a way to make a living human using human body parts from the recently deceased. He succeeds, but his creation is looked upon as a monster by the local inhabitants, who wish to destroy it. Written by The Professor

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Taglines The Man Who Made A Monster! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Frankenstein : L'homme qui créa un monstre (France)
  • El doctor Frankenstein (Spain)
  • Frankenstein, el autor del monstruo (Uruguay)
  • Dr. Frankenstein (Hungary)
  • Frankenstein: o Homem que Criou o Monstro (Portugal)
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  • 70 min
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Budget $291,000 (estimated)

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Trivia The Monster's make-up design by Jack P. Pierce is under copyright to Universal through the year 2026 and licensed by Universal Studios Licensing, Inc. See more »
Goofs According to DVD commentary for this film, director James Whale intended this film to take place in an "alternate universe" and therefore freely mixed 19th Century and 1930s technology, hair fashions, etc. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Boo! (1932). See more »
Soundtracks Grand Appassionato See more »
Crazy Credits In the opening credits: The Monster - ? See more »
Quotes Henry Frankenstein: Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, IT'S ALIVE!
Victor Moritz: Henry - In the name of God!
Henry Frankenstein: Oh, in the name of God! Now I know what it feels like to be God!
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