What genre does *Frankenstein* belong to?

*Frankenstein* is classified as a horror film, science fiction film, and monster film, reflecting its themes of creation, horror, and supernatural elements.

Who directed *Frankenstein*?

The film was directed by James Whale, a notable figure in early horror cinema.

Where was *Frankenstein* produced?

The film was produced by Universal Pictures, an American film and distribution company founded in 1912.

When was *Frankenstein* released?

The film was released in the United States on November 21, 1931, and again on November 28, 1932.

Is *Frankenstein* preserved in any archives?

Yes, the film is included in the National Film Registry, a collection of culturally significant films maintained by the United States Library of Congress.

Frankenstein

1931 film directed by James Whale

Movie Film Q546829

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38 properties

Instance of: film
Director: James Whale^[1]
Genre: horror film, science fiction film, monster film^[8]^[9]^[10]
Publication date: November 21, 1931, November 28, 1932^[38]^[39]
Screenwriter: John L. Balderston, Francis Edward Faragoh, Robert Florey, John Russell^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Based on: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus^[11]
Producer: Carl Laemmle Jr.^[24]
Part of the series: Frankenstein^[25]
Part of: National Film Registry^[28]
Duration: +71
After a work by: Mary Shelley, Peggy Webling^[56]
Assessment: Bechdel test, Waithe Test, Shukla Test, Landau Test, reverse Bechdel Test, Mako Mori test, Vito Russo test, Riz Test, Feldman Test
Box office: +12000000
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
Capital cost: +262007
Cast member: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight Frye, Lionel Belmore, Frederick Kerr, Francis Ford, Paul Panzer, Marilyn Harris, Soledad Jiménez^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]
Color: black-and-white^[36]
Composer: Bernhard Kaun^[6]
Country of origin: United States^[37]
Different from: Frankenstein
Director of photography: Arthur Edeson^[27]
Distributed by: Universal Pictures, Netflix, iTunes^[40]^[41]^[42]
Distribution format: digital download, video on demand^[30]^[31]
FSK film rating: FSK 16

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Film editor: Clarence Kolster^[53]
Filmiroda rating: Category II
Has characteristic: film based on a novel^[55]
Kijkwijzer rating: 16, 9
Main subject: creation, ethics in science, human nature, monster, obsession, individual and society, evil, research ethics^[45]^[46]^[47]^[48]^[49]^[50]^[51]^[52]
Movement: Pre-Code Hollywood^[7]
Narrative location: Alps, Bavaria^[43]^[44]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[29]
Production company: Universal Pictures^[26]
Production designer: Charles D. Hall
RARS rating: 16+
Review score: 8.7/10, 94%, 91/100, 7.7/10^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35]
Set in environment: castle
Title: Frankenstein^[54]

🏷️ Also known as

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VIAF cluster ID: 180628991
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n79018535
1SCREEN movie ID: 1529
ACMI ID: works/91041
AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 3925
Academy Collection film ID: 1001835
AllMovie title ID: am16352
Allcinema film ID: 20399
AlloCiné film ID: 6038
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.2lhlymoxsjrqr9phsp74z8op2
BFI National Archive work ID: 150041245
Bechdel Test Movie List ID: 1317

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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 16460351n
Bilibili bangumi ID: md28222297
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): frankenstein
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 677
CineMagia title ID: 10794
Cinema Context ID: F003106
Cinema.de ID: 1316265
Ciné-Ressources film ID: 37586
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 832
ClassInd audiovisual work ID: 10374
Comic Vine ID: 4025-587
DNF film ID: 11978
Daum movie ID: 37161
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 1112
Douban film ID: 1296929
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 2347, 21301
EDb film ID: t0001285
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/0D1B-689D-5865-AD1B-0F89-L
Eiga.com movie ID: 48851
ElCinema film ID: 2026478
ElFilm film ID: 21846
Elonet movie ID: 123466
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID: frankenstein
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/Frankenstein-film-by-Whale
Exploitation mark number: 20045
FAST ID: 1359123
Facebook username: Frankenstein
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme): 1MVa0da35de9f4d272d419cd87e4d993adf
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/frankenstein
FilmAffinity film ID: 443503
FilmPolski ID: 45659
FilmVandaag ID: film/12194
Filmfront film ID (archived): 15383
Filmová databáze film ID: 5163
Filmweb.no film ID: 45863
Filmweb.pl film ID: 30703
Freebase ID: /m/0jqzt
Garance item ID: 8376266
IMDb ID: tt0021884
ISAN: 0000-0001-036B-0000-A-0000-0000-7
ITunes movie ID: 332166136, 1183042824
Il cinema ritrovato film ID: frankenstein
Internet Archive ID: frankenstein.1931.1080p.bluray.h264.aacrarbg, frankenstein-1931-restored-movie-720p-hd, frankenstein-1931-colorized, frankenstein-1931-colorized-movie-720p-hd, frankenstein__1931
J9U entity ID: 987007369789805171
KINENOTE film ID: 7846
Kinobox film ID: 7740
Kinopoisk film ID: 8360
LUMIERE film ID: 14294
LdiF ID: 25167
Letterboxd film ID: frankenstein-1931
MPPDA Digital Archive film ID: 164
MUBI film numeric ID: 18639
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 9620
Metacritic ID: movie/frankenstein
Movie Review Query Engine ID: frankenstein-m100043927
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv7825
MovieLens movie ID: 2648
MovieMeter film ID: 2857
Moviepilot.de film ID: frankenstein-3--3
Movies Anywhere ID: frankenstein
NRK TV ID: program/KOIF44000608
Netflix ID: 70012479
OFDb film ID: 1995
OMDb film ID: 3035
PORT film ID: 835
Plex media key: 5d77682b5af944001f1f7d22
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/1007818-frankenstein
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 6798
Scope.dk film ID: 1283
Scripts.com script ID: 644
Sratim ID: tt121902
Swedish Film Database ID: 11803
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 75587
TMDB movie ID: 3035
TV Guide show ID (former scheme): 123728
TV Spielfilm film ID: 1316265
TV.com ID (archived): movies/frankenstein-1931
The Numbers movie ID: Frankenstein
TheTVDB movie ID: 724
Trakt.tv ID: movies/frankenstein-1931
Trakt.tv film ID: 2018
U-NEXT video ID: SID0037176
Unconsenting Media ID: 9049
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Movie", "Frankenstein::5233m"]
ČSFD film ID: 9728

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Cast member 11

Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Francis Ford, Mae Clarke, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, John Boles, Paul Panzer +3 more

Main subject 7

evil, monster, human nature, research ethics, obsession, creation, ethics in science

Screenwriter 4

Robert Florey, John L. Balderston, Francis Edward Faragoh, John Russell

Distributed by 3

Netflix, Universal Pictures, iTunes

Genre 3

horror film, science fiction film, monster film

Narrative location 2

Alps, Bavaria

After a work by 1

Mary Shelley

Assessment 1

Bechdel test

Based on 1

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Color 1

black-and-white

Composer 1

Bernhard Kaun

Country of origin 1

United States

Different from 1

Frankenstein

Director 1

James Whale

Director of photography 1

Arthur Edeson

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Instance of 1

film

Movement 1

Pre-Code Hollywood

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Part of 1

National Film Registry

Producer 1

Carl Laemmle Jr.

Production company 1

Universal Pictures

Production designer 1

Charles D. Hall

Set in environment 1

castle

← Derivative work 1

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

← Quotes work 1

The Spirit of the Beehive

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Publication date 1931 emerging0.805 independent sources

evidence “Once seen, never forgotten – the 1931 Frankenstein is 95 years old, but still one of the most instantly recognisable of classic horrors.” theguardian.com · read source

Director James Whale emerging0.703 independent sources

evidence “The story of ‘Frankenstein’ director James Whale deals with monsters in—and out of—the closet.” queerty.com · read source

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Frankenstein — director (P57): James Whale. IMDb. Retrieved 2016-04-08. subtitrari.regielive.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Frankenstein — screenwriter (P58): John L. Balderston. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Frankenstein — screenwriter (P58): Francis Edward Faragoh. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Frankenstein — screenwriter (P58): Robert Florey. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Frankenstein — screenwriter (P58): John Russell. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Frankenstein — composer (P86): Bernhard Kaun. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Frankenstein — movement (P135): Pre-Code Hollywood. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Frankenstein — genre (P136): horror film. IMDb. Retrieved 2016-04-08. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Frankenstein — genre (P136): science fiction film. IMDb. Retrieved 2016-04-08. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Frankenstein — genre (P136): monster film. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Frankenstein — based on (P144): Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Frankenstein — cast member (P161): Colin Clive. Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Frankenstein — cast member (P161): Mae Clarke. Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Frankenstein — cast member (P161): John Boles. Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Frankenstein — cast member (P161): Boris Karloff. Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Frankenstein — cast member (P161): Edward Van Sloan. Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Frankenstein — cast member (P161): Dwight Frye. Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Frankenstein — cast member (P161): Lionel Belmore. Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Frankenstein — cast member (P161): Frederick Kerr. Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Frankenstein — cast member (P161): Francis Ford. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Frankenstein — cast member (P161): Paul Panzer. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Frankenstein — cast member (P161): Marilyn Harris. Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Frankenstein — cast member (P161): Soledad Jiménez. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Frankenstein — producer (P162): Carl Laemmle Jr.. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Frankenstein — part of the series (P179): Frankenstein. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Frankenstein — production company (P272): Universal Pictures. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Frankenstein — director of photography (P344): Arthur Edeson. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Frankenstein — part of (P361): National Film Registry. loc.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-25. loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Frankenstein — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Frankenstein — distribution format (P437): digital download. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Frankenstein — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Frankenstein — review score (P444): 8.7/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-06. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Frankenstein — review score (P444): 94%. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Frankenstein — review score (P444): 91/100. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Frankenstein — review score (P444): 7.7/10. IMDb. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Frankenstein — color (P462): black-and-white. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Frankenstein — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Frankenstein — publication date (P577): November 21, 1931. Box Office Mojo. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Frankenstein — publication date (P577): November 28, 1932. sfi.se. sfi.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Frankenstein — distributed by (P750): Universal Pictures. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Frankenstein — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Frankenstein — distributed by (P750): iTunes. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Frankenstein — narrative location (P840): Alps. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Frankenstein — narrative location (P840): Bavaria. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ Frankenstein — main subject (P921): creation. The Literary Monster on Film. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ Frankenstein — main subject (P921): ethics in science. engineering.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-01. engineering.stanford.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[47] ↑ Frankenstein — main subject (P921): human nature. The Literary Monster on Film. wikidata.org.
[48] ↑ Frankenstein — main subject (P921): monster. The Literary Monster on Film. wikidata.org.
[49] ↑ Frankenstein — main subject (P921): obsession. The Literary Monster on Film. wikidata.org.
[50] ↑ Frankenstein — main subject (P921): individual and society. The Literary Monster on Film. wikidata.org.
[51] ↑ Frankenstein — main subject (P921): evil. The Literary Monster on Film. wikidata.org.
[52] ↑ Frankenstein — main subject (P921): research ethics. engineering.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-01. engineering.stanford.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[53] ↑ Frankenstein — film editor (P1040): Clarence Kolster. wikidata.org.
[54] ↑ Frankenstein — title (P1476): Frankenstein. wikidata.org.
[55] ↑ Frankenstein — has characteristic (P1552): film based on a novel. wikidata.org.
[56] ↑ Frankenstein — after a work by (P1877): Mary Shelley. wikidata.org.

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10d ago · UBZH Videothek bot bot · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Bibliothèque nationale de France ID → 16460351n

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11d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Garance item ID → 8376266

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5w ago · Shei98 · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Facebook username → Frankenstein

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10w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Eiga.com movie ID → 48851

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Filmová databáze film ID → 5163

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TV Spielfilm film ID → 1316265

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1SCREEN movie ID → 1529

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U-NEXT video ID → SID0037176

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Il cinema ritrovato film ID → frankenstein

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Production designer → Charles D. Hall

Publication date → November 21, 1931, November 28, 1932

Screenwriter → John L. Balderston, Francis Edward Faragoh, Robert Florey +1

Part of → National Film Registry

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