MEDIA AND MONSTERS: TWO CENTURIES OF FRANKENSTEINS: Young Frankenstein

1975, 106 minutes, Digital, PG-13
USA

Language: English

Presented by: Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins University

Director: Mel Brooks

Cast: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman

Distributor: 20th Century Fox

Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather’s estate in Transylvania. Arriving at the castle, Dr. Frankenstein soon begins to recreate his grandfather’s experiments with the help of servants Igor (Marty Feldman), Inga (Teri Garr) and the fearsome Frau Blücher (Cloris Leachman). After he creates his own monster (Peter Boyle), new complications ensue with the arrival of the doctor’s fiancée, Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn).

Sponsored by/presented by Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins University