Dr. Henry Frankenstein

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Dr. Henry Frankenstein is the obsessive scientist in the 1931 film "Frankenstein" who defies natural laws by creating and reanimating a living creature from assembled body parts.

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Dr. Henry Frankenstein canonical 3
Henry Frankenstein 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
mad scientist
scientist
adaptedFrom Victor Frankenstein (character from Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein")
linked to: Victor Frankenstein
appearsIn Bride of Frankenstein (1935 film)
Frankenstein (1931 film)
linked to: Frankenstein (1931)
assistant Fritz
associatedWith The Monster (Frankenstein's creature)
basedOn Victor Frankenstein
canonicalStatus central protagonist of the 1931 film "Frankenstein"
characterTrait ambitious
defiant of natural laws
morally conflicted
obsessive
collaboratesWith Fritz (his assistant)
conflictWith Professor Waldman
linked to: Dr. Waldman

societal and religious norms
createdBy Mary Shelley (indirectly, via adaptation of her novel "Frankenstein")
linked to: Mary Shelley
createdIn United States (film production context)
creates Frankenstein's Monster
directorOfWork James Whale (director of the 1931 film)
linked to: James Whale
employer none (works independently in a private laboratory)
era Golden Age of Hollywood horror
familyName Frankenstein
famousLine "It's alive!"
fiancée Elizabeth
filmSeries Universal Classic Monsters
firstAppearance Frankenstein (1931 film)
linked to: Frankenstein (1931)
genre horror
givenName Henry
influenced later portrayals of mad scientists in cinema
languageOfWork English
medium black-and-white sound film
methodOfCreation use of electricity to animate assembled corpse
narrativeRole tragic antihero
nationality unspecified (depicted in a vaguely European setting)
notableFor creating a living creature from dead body parts
reanimating dead tissue with electricity
occupation experimental surgeon
scientist
portrayedBy Colin Clive
Colin Clive in "Bride of Frankenstein"
setting fictional European town (often identified as Goldstadt)
spouse Elizabeth
studio Universal Pictures (as producing studio of the film)
linked to: Universal Pictures
themeAssociated consequences of uncontrolled experimentation
hubris of scientific overreach
playing God
worksAt secluded watchtower laboratory

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Monster (Frankenstein, 1931) associatedWith Dr. Henry Frankenstein
subject linked to: The Monster
Dr. Waldman mentorOf Henry Frankenstein
linked to: Dr. Henry Frankenstein
Fritz employer Dr. Henry Frankenstein
Fritz employer Henry Frankenstein
linked to: Dr. Henry Frankenstein
Colin Glenn Clive-Greig portrayed Dr. Henry Frankenstein