“Young Frankenstein” is a comedy, written by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder, based on characters from the novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Directed by Mel Brooks.
A
young neurosurgeon, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) inherits the
castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein.
He
has always tried to distance himself from his crazy grandfather and his insane
obsession with reanimation, but he nonetheless leaves his fiancé Elizabeth
(Madeline Kahn) and travels to Transylvania.
When
he reaches the castle he finds a funny hunchback called Igor (Marty Feldman), a
pretty lab assistant named Inga (Teri Garr) and the old housekeeper, Frau
Blücher (Cloris Leachman).
Young
Frankenstein also discovers the book where the mad doctor described his
reanimation experiments, and he suddenly changes his mind about his grandfather
and creates a monster (Peter Boyle).
A
brilliant film, with Mel Books and Gene Wilder at their very best, shot in
monochrome to capture the atmosphere of the classics of the horror genre, and
with fine cameos from Kenneth Mars as Inspector Kemp, Richard Haydn as Herr
Falkstein and Gene Hackman as the blind Hermit.
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