Frankenstein: The True Story

Frankenstein The True Story is a 1973 British and American madefortelevision horror film loosely based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. It was directed by Jack Smight, and the screenplay was written by novelist Christopher Isherwood and his longtime partner Don Bachardy.

It was originally broadcast on NBCTV in late 1973 in two 90minute parts, but is often seen edited into a single film. Its DVD debut date was September 26, 2006. Included at the beginning is a short intro featuring James Mason wandering through St Johns Wood churchyard, London. He suggests that this is where Mary Shelley is buried, which is incorrect she is in fact buried in the family plot in Dorset, despite standing beside a gravestone bearing her name.Victor Frankenstein is a man training as a doctor, engaged to Elizabeth Fanshawe. After Victors younger brother, William, drowns, Victor renounces his belief in God and declares that he would join forces with the Devil if he could learn how to restore his brother to life. ........

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