Frankenstein's Army

"What is dead may never die."

2013 1h 24m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 303

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Synopsis

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Toward the end of World War II, Russian soldiers pushing into eastern Germany stumble across a secret Nazi lab, one that has unearthed and begun experimenting with the journal of one Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The scientists have used the legendary Frankenstein's work to assemble an army of super-soldiers stitched together from the body parts of their fallen comrades -- a desperate Hitler's last ghastly ploy to escape defeat

“What is dead may never die.”

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Cast

Karel Roden
Viktor
Joshua Sasse
Sergei
Robert Gwilym
Novikov
Alexander Terentyev
Dimitri
Luke Newberry
Sacha
Hon Ping Tang
Ivan
Andrei Zayats
Vassili
Mark Stevenson
Alexei

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Richard Raaphorst
Writers: Chris W. Mitchell, Miguel Tejada-Flores, Richard Raaphorst
Languages: English
Countries: Netherlands, United States of America, Czech Republic

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Netherlands, United States of America, Czech Republic.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Richard Raaphorst, shot by Bart Beekman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jasper Verhorevoort shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Karel Roden and Joshua Sasse and Robert Gwilym carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "What is dead may never die.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Richard Raaphorst directs. Bart Beekman behind the camera. Jasper Verhorevoort cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Netherlands, United States of America, Czech Republic. Dialogue in English.

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184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 13 years ago.
3International production across 3 countries: Netherlands, United States of America, Czech Republic.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Richard Raaphorst, shot by Bart Beekman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Jasper Verhorevoort shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Karel Roden and Joshua Sasse and Robert Gwilym carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "What is dead may never die.".
9IMDB entry: tt1925435 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Bart Beekman
Editing: Jasper Verhorevoort
Production design: Jindřich Kočí
Runtime: 84 min · 1h 24m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Frankenstein's Army (2013)

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Dark Jedi2018-03-05
★ 2/10
I guess one good thing one can say about this movie is that the producer had tried to make it a bit original. Unfortunately it did not work for me. I have never really liked these handy-cam movies where all the scenes are jumping around. This one tried to be a bit original in that it was simulating being made by an old-fashioned world war II film camera instead of a handy-cam. I am afraid that it did not really make it any better as far as I am concerned. It just added a few scrapes and the occasional end of the film reel effect every so often. Usually when something gory was about to happen. Speaking of gory. The movie was not really that goory unless you count a lot of body parts being strewn around the scenes. Plenty of the, supposedly, gory parts was just silly, possibly supposed to be comical, but mostly just really silly. The part where the mad “genious” was grafting to brain parts, one Nazi and one communist, together was just ludicrous and sad. The blurb claims this was supposed to be Hitler’s last ghastly attempt to win the war but in the movie it seemed little more than some crazy guys drug induced dream. The main adversary failed completely in projecting any form of “genius” image and there certainly did not seem to be any support from the Nazi regime. To make matters worse there was really not a single likable person in the movie. All the characters where either just filler characters, crazy people, real assholes or some mixture of said traits. I am afraid that I had to force myself to watch this movie to the end.

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