Frankenstein (1931)

Movie Details

Original Title Frankenstein

Original Language EN

Budget $291,000

Revenue $12,000,000

Status Released

Popularity 2.4

Cast

Colin Clive

Henry Frankenstein

Popularity: 3.6

Mae Clarke

Elizabeth

Popularity: 3.1

John Boles

Victor Moritz

Popularity: 0.3

Boris Karloff

The Monster

Popularity: 4.9

Edward Van Sloan

Doctor Waldman

Popularity: 1.4

Frederick Kerr

Baron Frankenstein

Popularity: 0.2

Dwight Frye

Fritz

Popularity: 0.4

Lionel Belmore

The Burgomaster

Popularity: 0.6

Marilyn Harris

Little Maria

Popularity: 2.0

Ted Billings

Villager (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.9

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Mae Bruce

Screaming Maid (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.7

Jack Curtis

Villager (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.5

Key Crew

Director James Whale

Screenplay Francis Edward Faragoh, Garrett Fort

Editor Clarence Kolster

Producer Carl Laemmle Jr.

Production

Universal Pictures

Videos & Trailers

Michael Blyth recommends Frankenstein | BFI In Dreams Are Monsters

Featurette

Frankenstein in 4K Ultra HD | Elizabeth Worries About Dr. Frankenstein (90th Anniversary)

Clip

Frankenstein | "It's Alive!"

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Frankenstein (1931) Official Trailer | Fear

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Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

Dsnake1 8/10

Oct 4, 2018

Frankenstein, a movie primarily about how Doctor Henry Frankenstein deals with the fallout of his monster actually coming to life, holds up very well almost ninety years from its release. Starting with the monster itself, we find a fantastic character. Without any lines of dialogue, the filmmaker ... Read more

John Chard 9/10

Oct 26, 2019

Oh, in the name of God! Now I know what it feels like to be God! We will always see debates about which of the original wave of Universal Monster movies is the most important. With Dracula being released just under a year before Frankenstein, that tends to give the vampire crowd a sense of justi ... Read more

Gimly 5/10

Dec 22, 2019

Not a totally faithful adaptation of the Mary Shelley book, still extremely important for not just horror movies, but movies as a whole. I thought about coming at this review from the perspective of what 1931's _Frankenstein_ meant for the future of cinema, and how it was still essentially in its in ... Read more