Frankenstein

Kaum ein anderer Klassiker hat so viele Bühnenadaptionen und Verfilmungen erfahren wie Mary Shelleys »Frankenstein«. Der Roman über die Erschaffung eines künstlichen Menschen, erstmals 1818 anonym erschienen, ist ein seltenes Glanzstück der romantischen Schauerliteratur: Das grandiose ...

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Dr. Frankenstein learns the secret of imparting life to inanimate matter. To test his theories, he collects bones from the charnel-houses to construct a "human" being, and then gives it life. The creature, endowed with supernatural size and strength, is revolting to look at, and frightens all who see it. Lonely and miserable, it comes to hate its creator. The monster murders Frankenstein's brother and his bride, and flees. The doctor pursues his creation in order to destroy it, but dies...