Frankenstein's Aunt (TV series)
Television series | |
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German title | Frankenstein's aunt |
Original title | Frankensteinova teta |
Country of production |
Austria Germany France Czechoslovakia Italy Sweden Spain |
original language | English |
year | 1986 |
length | 52 minutes |
Episodes | 7th |
genre | Family series , comedy , fantasy |
Theme music | Kieran Hilbert - two dreams long |
idea | Allan Rune Pettersson (novel) |
production | Kurt J. Mrkwicka |
music | Oliver Onions |
camera | Ján Ďuriš |
German-language first broadcast |
February 1, 1987 on ZDF |
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Frankenstein's Tante is a television series from 1986. It was created as a co-production by Austria , Germany , France , Spain , Italy , Sweden and Czechoslovakia and is based on the novel of the same name by Allan Rune Pettersson .
action
In the TV series, Hanna Frankenstein goes to Frankenstein, but, unlike in the novel, initially more with the aim of finding a bride for Henry Frankenstein so that “the little Frankenstein family can join”. But he is busy with his latest invention, the creation of a human being with the brain of a genius and the power of a machine. In contrast to the book by Allan Rune Pettersson, the baroness encounters even more ghost figures, including a Aquarius , a Fire Spirit , a Hanged Man, a Ghost and the White Woman . Here she also meets the orphan Max, who ran away from the circus.
Episodes
- The birth
- Renovation
- The bride
- The cradle
- The salon lion
- The automobile
- The wedding
production
- The cast of the series is very international, which is also due to the participation of seven countries in the production, so that the Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko spoke of a Babylonian language diversity when shooting.
- The film is a co-production by Taurus Film Munich, MR-Film (Austria), Československá televízia Bratislava (Czechoslovakia) and Films du Saber (France) in collaboration with SVT 1 (Sweden), Raiuno (Italy), FR-3 ( France) and TVE (Spain).
- The producers also wanted haunted characters from many different cultures so that the series would be well received around the world.
- The shooting locations included Hallstatt , the area around Salzburg , the Dachstein Mountains , Boskovice , Werfen with the Hohenwerfen fortress and Manínska tiesňava .
- The makers of the film adaptation of "Frankenstein's Tante" , Jaroslav Dietl and Juraj Jakubisko, interpreted the classic motif of Frankenstein with humor that tends to be parody, but wanted not only to entertain the audience, but also their conviction in the victory of humanity and des Expressing common sense about human aggressiveness and intolerance.
Alternative titles and versions
- The series initially had the working title Vnuk Frankensteinovej tety ( The grandson of Frankenstein's aunt ). But since Max is not related to Frankenstein's aunt , the title was shortened to Frankensteinova teta ( Frankenstein's aunt ). In Slovakia the series was even only broadcast under Teta ( aunt ).
- In France, the series ran in 13 parts of 25 minutes each under the name La tante de Frankenstein .
- Other titles are: Frankenstein's Aunt (English) and La Tia de Frankenstei " alternatively Los Monstruos de Transilvania (Spain).
- There is also a compilation of the series into a 96-minute amphibious film with the title Freckled Max and the Spooks (original title: Pehavý Max a strasidlá ).
Soundtrack
The title song Two dreams long , produced by Oliver Onions , appeared in 1987 as a 7 "single for Teldec (6.14792 AC) and included the instrumental version as a B-side . Performer was Kieran Hilbert , who along with his brother Lukas Hilbert that of Udo Lindenberg produced duo Hauden & Lukas formed and the song Fantasy used in the series was originally written by Oliver Onions for the film The Bomber .
DVD release
Frankenstein's Aunt was first released on DVD in Germany on March 17, 2008. The seven-part series was published on three DVDs with a total running time of 364 minutes of 52 minutes per episode.
The new rights holder Renaissance Medien brought the box in a digipak in a restored version onto the market, both image and sound were reworked. The picture format is 4: 3 (full screen) and the sound is in Dolby Digital 2.0. The box is released from 12 years.
synchronization
role | actor | Voice actor |
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Aunt Hanna Frankenstein | Viveca Lindfors | Tilly Lauenstein |
Max | Martin Hrebeň | Edmund Pohl |
Albert | Gerhard Karzel | Gerhard Karzel |
Klara, the pharmacist's daughter | Barbara De Rossi | Irina Wanka |
Alois, the Aquarius | Eddie Constantine | Jochen Striebeck |
Baron Wolfskehl, the werewol | Flavio Bucci | Fred Maire |
Count Dracula | Ferdy Mayne | Ferdy Mayne |
Elisabeth, the white woman | Mercedes Sampietro | Gerlinde Locker |
Sepp Zischel, the fireman | Tilo Prückner | Tilo Prückner |
Baron Henry Frankenstein | Bolek Polívka | Klaus Guth |
Igor | Jacques Herlin | Alois Maria Giani |
Mrs. Karch, the pharmacist | Marie Drahokoupilová | Christa Berndl |
Hans, the mayor's son | Roman Skamene | Oliver Grimm |
various
- The role of the white woman in Frankenstein's aunt was inspired by Elisabeth Báthory (1560-1614). She is said to have tortured hundreds of girls to death and, according to legend, she was cursed to walk around her castle as a white woman. In the series, however, the role is softened, the similarities can still be seen in the same first name and some hints. Frankenstein's aunt's director Juraj Jakubisko also made a film about her called Bathory , which came out in 2008.
- Frankenstein's Tant " was nominated for best film at the 1988 International Fantasy Film Award .
- Ferdy Mayne, who plays Count Dracula in the series, had a similar role as Count Krolock in Dance of the Vampires in 1967 .
- The series was first broadcast in the Czech Republic in 2003.
- There is also an English-language musical based on the novel by Allan Rune Petterson, which is intended to be performed in schools.
- The creatures that look like dwarfs with elephant heads without tusks are named Igorkos in the series and in Werner Meier's book. Igorko is the Slavic diminutive of Igor; Igorkos means as much as Igorleins.
swell
- ↑ Jakubiskofilm About Movie ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Czech film database CFN
- ↑ Jakubiskofilm Reviews ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ German synchronous index | Series | Frankenstein's aunt. Accessed December 31, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.geocities.com/jim_hollingsworth/franken.htm ( Memento from April 13, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) Information about the musical
- ↑ The meaning of suffixes in Slavic names
Web links
- Frankenstein's aunt in the Internet Movie Database (English)