Factual error: The movie is set in Transylvania, but the natives all speak German and with German accents (probably an homage to the book, but still incorrect). (00:14:30)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
1 factual error - chronological order
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Starring: Peter Boyle, Gene Wilder, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman
Continuity mistake: When the casket slides off the wagon, breaks open and cracks a couple of its wood slats, the arm from the body is not protruding from it until Igor and Frederick come up to it in the next shot.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: You know, I'm a rather brilliant surgeon. Perhaps I can help you with that hump.
Igor: What hump?
Trivia: The Laboratory equipment is the same equipment used in the original Frankenstein.
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Answer: Elizabeth was vain, self-centred, manipulative, and needed to be the center of attention. She didn't want Frederick away from her influence.
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