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.
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Plot summary
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Starring: Peter Boyle, Gene Wilder, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman
The grandson of Dr Frankenstein is located and given the castle and belongings of Dr Frankenstein as stated in his will. The grandson then stumbles upon his grandfathers private library and scientific notes. He then uses these to try his hand at reviving dead giants like his grandpappy did.
Frankenstein is young.
More mistakes in Young Frankenstein
[A wolf is heard howling in the distance.]
Inga: Werewolf.
Frederick: Werewolf?
Igor: There.
Frederick: What?
Igor: [Points to moors] There wolf. [Points forward] There castle.
Frederick: Why are you talking like that?
Igor: I though you wanted to.
Frederick: No, I don't want to.
Igor: Suit yourself. I'm easy.
Trivia: When the Burgermeister says the village and townspeople were terrorized "five times before", it is a reference to incidents from five Frankenstein films: Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Ghost of Frankenstein, and House of Frankenstein.
Question: Dr Frankenstein tells a student at a lecture he is giving that he is not interested in death but the preservation of life. If this is true then why would he continue in the footsteps of his grandfather?
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Answer: That's how he felt at that moment. He became inspired to follow in his grandfather's footsteps after reading his books.
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