Young Frankenstein
The scariest comedy of all time!
A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr.Victor von Frankenstein.In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper.Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.
- Director
- Mel Brooks
- Signature
- Craft · Humour · Tension
- Worldwide
- $86M
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A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.
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Box Office & Release
Young Frankenstein returned 30.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $86M
- Release date
- Dec 15, 1974
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United States of America
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