Victor Frankenstein (1977)

Country of Origin: Sweden / Ireland
Year of Production: 1977
Running Times: 92 mins
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: Eastmancolor
Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Aspect / National Film Society of Ireland
Producer: Calvin Floyd

SCRIPT
Script: Calvin Floyd, Yvonne Floyd
Novel: Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley

DIRECTION
Directed by: Calvin Floyd

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Tony Forsberg, John Wilcox

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Susanne Linnman

MUSIC
Music by: Gerard Victory

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Kersti Gustafsson (real name: Kersti Vitali)
Key Make Up: Kerstin Elg

CAST
Leon Vitali (Victor Frankenstein)
Per Oscarsson (monster)
Nicholas Clay (Henry Clerval)
Stacy Dorning (Elizabeth)
Jan Ohlsson (William)
Olof Bergström (Victor's father)
Mathias Henrikson (Walton)
Per-Axel Arosenius (superintendent)
Harry Brogan (blind man)
David Byrne (Felix)
Tor Isedal (caretaker)
Jacinta Martín (Agatha)
Archie O'Sullivan (Waldhem)

PLOT SUMMARY

Dr Victor Frankenstein pursues his obsessive belief that he can rejuvenate dead tissue and creates a man from stolen body parts.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Independent International Pictures
Video Distributors: Super Video Inc.; Wellspring Media
Television Distributors: CBS Television; Films Around the World
DVD Distributors: Wellspring; Image Entertainment

TIMELINE

1999
July
20: USA - DVD release (Image Entertainment)

2003
September
9: USA - DVD release (Wellspring)

POSTER TAGS

True terror can be created...

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Terror of Frankenstein - US title

KEYWORDS

book into film, chases, corpses, Frankenstein, mad scientists, monsters, snow

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008