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Frankenstein all'italiana – Prendimi, straziami, che brucio de passion!

1975 film by Armando Crispino

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ3751980
Source-derived summary

Frankenstein all'italiana – Prendimi, straziami, che brucio de passion! (Italian: Frankenstein Italian Style – Take Me, Torture Me, as I am Burning with Passion!) is a 1975 Italian comedy horror film, directed by Armando Crispino.

In the film, Victor Frankenstein retires to his castle with his new wife. But both Frankenstein's monster and Frankenstein's assistant are sexually attracted to Victor's wife.

Plot

Dr. Victor Frankenstein creates a monster to show his scientific theories, but soon leaves him. So the scientist tries to rebuild his life by getting married with Janet, and retires to his castle with Igor. However, the monster comes back to haunt Frankenstein, and soon Victor finds out that the monster has a ferocious sexual attraction to Janet. Frankenstein then calls Igor to readjust the monster, but Igor also takes advantage of Janet...

Cast

Gianrico Tedeschi as Dr.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Frankenstein all'italiana – Prendimi, straziami, che brucio de passion!” is 1975 film by Armando Crispino. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Frankenstein, all'italiana and Prendimi, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1975—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1975-11-22, 1976-07-23, 1980-07-14—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. For this dossier, Frankenstein, all'italiana and Prendimi is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “1975 film by Armando Crispino” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3751980. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 3 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1975.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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This entry incorporates text from Frankenstein all'italiana – Prendimi, straziami, che brucio de passion!” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.