Frankenstein Fragment

Frankenstein Fragment — Plot

Norbert Pfaffenbichler, master of the darkest avant-garde cinema, is also a veritable film archaeologist. No wonder, then, that his excavations of forgotten celluloid legacies unearthed a sensation: fragments of the very first film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, shot in Germany in 1922 and long believed to be lost, including test footage and outtakes. Pfaffenbichler and his team set about shaping this material of incredible historical value into a version that comes as close as possible to the original concept of its unknown filmmaker. Now, SLASH is unbelievably proud to present the resurrection of this lost film to the public for the very first time. (Markus Keuschnigg)

• Release date
• September 30, 2026
• Runtime
• 28 min
• Genres
• Horror
• Director
• Norbert Pfaffenbichler

Frankenstein Fragment — Cast

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Daniel Krunz Zoltán von Czakó / Viktor Frankenstein

O

Olaf Möller Knut Nord / Viktor Frankenstein Selina Heindl Elisabeth Lavenza

C

Christina Polzer Maria Ebner

V

Veronika Harb Valeria von Faust

D

Dave Hine Reginald Hine / The Creature

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Florian Reither Sándor Petöfi / The Creature

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Benedikt Freudenthaler Assistant #1