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Overview

User Rating:
8.0/10   53,940 votes
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Director:
Mel Brooks
Writers:
Gene Wilder (screen story and screenplay) and
Mel Brooks (screen story and screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
15 December 1974 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Music | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
The scariest comedy of all time!
Plot:
Dr. Frankenstein's grandson, after years of living down the family reputation, inherits granddad's castle and repeats the experiments. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
It's pronounced EYE-gor more (251 total)

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Additional Details

Runtime:
106 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | German
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
UK:15 (re-rating) (1987) | Finland:K-16 (video rating) (1988) | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-16 (cinema release) (1975) | Canada:G (Quebec) | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Iceland:LH | Norway:16 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:15 | UK:AA (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Netherlands:12

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The skulls that Freddy and Inga find under the castle were real skulls except for the one that was six months dead, which was hand-crafted. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the Monster cries in the cell with Dr. Frankenstein, you can see the reflection of light off his "missing teeth" that have been blackened. more
Quotes:
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: LIFE! DO YOU HEAR ME? GIVE MY CREATION... LIFE! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
I Ain't Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me) more

FAQ

Why is Dr Frankenstein named "Victor" in this movie but "Henry" in the 1931 movie?
Is this movie based on a novel?
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24 out of 30 people found the following comment useful.
It's pronounced EYE-gor, 29 December 2004
10/10
Author: ericolsen1953 from United States

Dialog from Young Frankenstein became part of cultural banter in a good many corners of the country immediately after this movie showed up in theaters. We loved every minute of it, "Give me a hand with the bags, Igor", hitting high singing notes while relating how your last date went, "Put the candle back!" "Nothing, dear, just a rat....filthy, slimy RAT!" "Roll Roll Roll In The Hay!" plus the immortal "..an ENORMOUS schwanstucker!". And what testosterone-filled 19-year-old buck didn't give serious thought to surprising his buddies with the hilarious trick of jamming a scalpel into this thigh? A very successful movie, and a slap in the face to those stuffy, elite- types who say Mel Brooks is not "a humorist". Well, dammit, he makes UNPRETENTIOUS people laugh, so perhaps the man knows funny when he sees it. Of course, as Blazing Saddles ruined most 1950's and 60's westerns for me for awhile, Young Frankenstein makes it very hard to take Karloff and all that bunch from the 1930's seriously any longer. Oddly, Mel can even make us laugh at resurrected, REALLY OLD gags; such as "Walk this way!" (The 3 Stooges). I'll never stop laughing at Young Frankenstein.

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