My Friend Frankenstein

Original title: Sevimli Frankenstayn

1975
1h 25m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

113

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Comedy Horror Sci-Fi

The film takes on the struggle of Timur Frank for becoming famous the easy way after learning that he is the grandson of Baron Fredirik Von Frankenstein. Timur Frank goes with his lover Sema... Read allThe film takes on the struggle of Timur Frank for becoming famous the easy way after learning that he is the grandson of Baron Fredirik Von Frankenstein. Timur Frank goes with his lover Sema to the Association of Spirit Lovers and defends the opinion that the real truth is not th... Read allThe film takes on the struggle of Timur Frank for becoming famous the easy way after learning that he is the grandson of Baron Fredirik Von Frankenstein. Timur Frank goes with his lover Sema to the Association of Spirit Lovers and defends the opinion that the real truth is not the spirit but the mind.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

113

YOUR RATING

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Featured review

7/10

Turkish "Young Frankenstein"

Yes, it's another Turkish rip-off of a famous American movie. "Sevimli Frankestayn" ("My Friend Frankenstein" in English) is an imitation of Mel Brooks's "Young Frankenstein". It's probably hard to find a copy containing English subtitles, but if you know what happens in the more famous version, then you'll know what happens in the rip-off, especially since they copy almost every scene.

Other Turkish rip-offs of American movies include "The Exorcist" and "ET". To my knowledge there wasn't a Turkish "Mary Poppins"* or "Ghostbusters", but if there was either of those, I'm sure that it would be pretty entertaining.

*There was in fact a Soviet version of "Mary Poppins" made in the early '80s. It had to be the most whacked-out movie ever made: so-bad-it's-good '80s music and a pair of nutty kids, not to mention that the Bert character looked like a cross between Elliott Gould and Keith Richards.