Young Frankenstein

A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.

Cast

Gene Wilder

as Frederick Frankenstein

Peter Boyle

as Frankenstein's Monster

Marty Feldman

as Igor

Madeline Kahn

as Elizabeth

Cloris Leachman

as Frau Blücher

Teri Garr

as Inga

Kenneth Mars

as Inspector Kemp

Richard Haydn

as Gerhard Falkstein

Liam Dunn

as Mr. Hilltop

Danny Goldman

as Medical Student

Reviews

John Chard

For what we are about to see next, we must enter quietly into the realm of genius. Young Frankenstein is directed by Mel Brooks who also co-writes the screenplay with Gene Wilder. It stars Wilder, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Teri Garr and Madeline Kahn. Music is by John Morris and cinematography...

Peter McGinn

When I had the opportunity Ro watch this film again after decades, due to a Cloris Leachman tribute, I couldn’t resist, despite feeling there was a risk of a familiar problem: that of me not liking a program or movie as a mature adult as much as I had as a young man. I needn’t have worried. This ...

CinemaSerf

I'd probably best start by saying that I love the writing of Mel Brooks, but I detest the acting style of Gene Wilder - so my views on this are somewhat mixed. It is a spoof - and James Whale ought to be writ large in the credits, as should Glenn Miller and a host of others who have inadvertently co...

Filipe Manuel Neto

**One of the great comic films of the 70s.** Mel Brooks is one of those names in comic cinema that I haven't explored much yet, and that I know more from his fame than from having seen his work. I decided to change that a little by watching this satirical film, which he directed, and in which a g...

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