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With Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn. An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.
- Mel Brooks
- 3 min
Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Peter Boyle portrayed the monster.
Elizabeth marries the now erudite and sophisticated monster with her hair styled identically to that of the female creature from the Bride of Frankenstein, while Inga joyfully learns what her new husband Frederick got in return during the transfer procedure the monster's Schwanzstücker.
Apr 24, 2024 · Born on June 11, 1933, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Gene Wilder plays the lead role of Dr. Frederick Frankenstein. Prior to this film, Wilder had gained recognition for his roles in The Producers (1967) for which he received an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor.
Jun 1, 2024 · Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder strongly believed the film should imitate the look of director James Whale’s classic black-and-white 1930s films Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, which meant shooting in black and white.
Having established disregard for his grandfather's work and his new pronunciation, professor Victor Frankenstein (Gene Wilder, the co-screenwriter with director Mel Brooks), deals with subject Hilltop (Liam Dunn) and a pesky student (Danny Goldman), early in Young Frankenstein, 1974.
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“Young Frankenstein” was the brainchild of Gene Wilder. The idea came to him one winter in Westhampton, New York. “One afternoon, at 2 o’clock,” he recalled, “I took a long, yellow, legal pad and a black, felt pen – it may have been blue, but I think it was black – and wrote at the top of the page 'Young Frankenstein.'
