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Umberto Guarracino as the Monster.

Status: Lost

Il Mostro di Frankenstein (Frankenstein's Monster) was the third (known) film adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein novel, released in Italy in 1920.^[1]

The film was directed by Eugenio Testa; it starred Luciano Albertini as Dr. Frankenstein and strongman Umberto Guarracino as Frankenstein's Monster.

Several pamphlets and posters remain from the 1920s, mentioning the movie. It was screened at locations as far as Belgium and Egypt. A French-language version of the film was also released, called Le Monstre (The Monster) or Le Monstre de Frankenstein (the original title, in French).

No copies in any language are known to exist. Even at the time of its existence, many of its scenes were deleted by censors, with one version reportedly being cut down to 39 minutes.

Reference

↑ Frankensteinia blog post. Retrieved 19 Mar '16

[1] Frankensteinia blog post. Retrieved 19 Mar '16

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-[[File:Mostro.jpg|thumb|300px|Umberto Guarracino as the Monster.]]
+{{InfoboxLost
-'''''Il Mostro di Frankenstein''''' (''Frankenstein's Monster'') was the third known film adaptation of Mary Shelley's ''Frankenstein'' novel, coming out in 1920. It was made in Italy, with some German fundings.
+|title=<center>Il Mostro di Frankenstein</center>
+|image=Mostro.jpg
+|imagecaption=Umberto Guarracino as the Monster.
+|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
+}}
+'''''Il Mostro di Frankenstein''''' (''Frankenstein's Monster'') was the third (known) film adaptation of Mary Shelley's ''Frankenstein'' novel, released in Italy in 1920.<ref>[http://frankensteinia.blogspot.fr/2012/03/il-mostro-di-frankenstein-1920.html Frankensteinia blog post.] Retrieved 19 Mar '16</ref>
-The movie, directed by Eugenio Testa, starred Luciano Albertini as Frankenstein and strongman Umberto Guarracino as the titular monster.
+The film was directed by Eugenio Testa; it starred Luciano Albertini as Dr. Frankenstein and strongman Umberto Guarracino as Frankenstein's Monster.
-Several pamphlets and posters remain from the 1920s mentioning the movie, that was screened as far as Belgium and Egypt. Some of them misspelled "Frankenstein" as "Franckestein" or "Frankestein". There seems to be a French-language version of the film, alternately called ''Le Monstre'' (''The Monster'') or ''Le Monstre de Frankenstein'' (the original title, in French).
+Several pamphlets and posters remain from the 1920s, mentioning the movie. It was screened at locations as far as Belgium and Egypt. A French-language version of the film was also released, called ''Le Monstre'' (''The Monster'') or ''Le Monstre de Frankenstein'' (the original title, in French).
-No copies are known to survive, apart from a still (shown on the right). Even at the time of its existence, many scenes of it were cut by censors.
+No copies in any language are known to exist. Even at the time of its existence, many of its scenes were deleted by censors, with one version reportedly being cut down to 39 minutes.
-==Links and references==
+==See Also==
-http://frankensteinia.blogspot.fr/search/label/%E2%80%A2%20Il%20Mostro%20di%20Frankenstein%20%281920%29
+*[[Frankenstein (lost Bela Lugosi test reel footage for Universal sci-fi horror film; 1931)]]
+*[[Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (lost Bela Lugosi monster dialogue of Universal horror film; 1943)]]
+*[[Frankie Stein (lost production materials for unreleased Spark Plug animated film; 2008)]]
+*[[Life Without Soul (lost silent film adaptation of "Frankenstein"; 1915)]]
+*[[The Curse of Frankenstein (lost acid bath scene footage of Hammer horror film; 1957)]]
+==Reference==
+{{reflist}}
 [[Category:Lost films]]
+[[Category:Completely lost media]]
+[[Category:Historic]]