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Frankenstein's Aunt
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Episode 1: The Birth
Dr. Henry Frankenstein and his manservant Igor are preparing
to implant a stolen human brain in the head of a monster which
the young scientist has created. Suddenly the phone rings:
Frankenstein's aunt has decided to come pay her nephew a visit.
Led by the village blacksmith, an amateur inventor, the inhabitants
of the nearby village also descend on Frankenstein's castle
and plant a bomb in the building. On encountering Albert,
the gentle monster, they burst out laughing.
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When Frankenstein's aunt arrives, she is
greeted by a parade of bizarre figures - a werewolf who introduces
himself as Mr Talbot, the castle librarian; the White Lady,
who is forever vanishing through the wall; Sepp Sizzle, whose
favourite spot is in the fireplace; the beer-swilling Water
Man; and Count Dracula, who has just returned from his nocturnal
wanderings and sinks exhausted into his coffin. Frankenstein's
aunt also meets Max, a small boy who has run away from his
step-parents and is hiding in the castle. Neither he nor any
of the monsters and ghosts are able to tell her where her
nephew is.
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Episode 2: The Clean-Up
Frankenstein's aunt has decided that the castle needs a good
clean-up and tries to persuade its inhabitants to help her
to get the place back into shape. But the monsters all hate
housework and will do anything to avoid it. In an attempt
to distract attention from the task at hand, Count Dracula
takes Frankenstein's aunt on a sightseeing flight and changes
himself into a giant bat. However, the aunt lays a bet with
the monsters, that she will manage to inveigle Count Dracula
into helping her.
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She succeeded, and the other have to pitch
in and lend a hand. The monster Albert is then discovered
amid the chaos of Frankenstein's laboratory. After he has
been scrubbed down by the aunt, Albert looks quite presentable,
if a trifle sinister, and his superhuman strength is a great
help in the cleaning operation. In the library, Albert sees
the portrait of a woman; she is the first member of the opposite
sex he has ever set eyes on, and he instantly falls in love
with her.
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Episode 3: The Bride
Although he has no idea what love really means, Albert falls
in love with every female in his sight. On one occasion, he
tries to pursue the White Lady through the wall. And when
the blacksmith introduces Albert to his fat sister, the monster's
weakness for the opposite sex almost become his undoing. Curious
as he is to discover how Albert has been created, the goldsmith
tries to open him up with a hammer and chisel. But Frankenstein's
aunt intervenes to rescue him. His wounds are tended by Klara,
the beautiful daughter of the village chemist. Albert sets
his sights on winning Klara's hand: an idea about which her
mother is less then enthusiastic.
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Episode 4: The Cradle
Klara has secretly entered the castle to see Albert's wounds.
Her presence causes a good deal of confusion among the other
inhabitants. In the hope of making Klara his next victim,
Count Dracula offers to fly her home. Suddenly, though, he
catches cold, and instead of blood he has to make do with
the rose-hip tea which Frankenstein's aunt kindly brews for
him.
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Since there is an "understanding"
between Klara and mayor's son, her mother forbids her from
having anything to do with the occupants of the castle. When
Albert comes to pay his respects, he is promptly thrown out
of the house.
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Episode 5: The Ladies' Man
The inhabitants of the castle try to help Albert to in his
effort to acquire the social graces. Everybody contributes
some item of his or her special knowledge, such as hoe to
do tricks with a cigarette or the right way to bite young
girls. Although Frankenstein's aunt is not at all happy about
this, Albert is allowed to go and talk to Klara's mother again.
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However, his rival suitor, the mayor's
son, intercepts him on his way to the house and invites him
to the village inn for a drink. Being unused to alcohol, Albert
gets horribly drunk, which shocks Klara so much that she turn
he back on him. In despair, he climbs the church steeple as
proof of his love. Count Dracula arrives just in time to stop
him from falling to his death and flies him back to the castle.
Albert locks himself in his room and refuses to speak to anybody.
The only person who manages to gain an admittance is the examining
magistrate who is looking for the stolen brain. To everybody's
surprise, Albert's head bears no trace of the operation performed
by Dr. Frankenstein. The enquiry is abandoned forthwith.
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Episode 6: The Car
At her mother's insistence, Klara gets engaged to the mayor's
son. The high spot on the engagement ceremony is the maiden
outgoing of the first car in the village. This gives the occupants
of the castle a chance to intervene on Albert's behalf: Sepp
Sizzle hides in the engine of the car, which burst into flames,
wrecking the engagement parade.
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Having rescued the occupants of the car,
Albert is the hero of the hour; at last Klara has good reason
to be proud of him. He proposes to her once more, but she
insists on securing her mother 's agreement before accepting.
Using his aristocratic charm, Count Dracula invites Klara's
mother to visit the castle. Frankenstein's aunt plays the
grand chatelaine, the Water Man conjures up brightly-coloured
fountains, and Sepp Sizzle produces a firework display, but
al their efforts are in vain. At last, Frankenstein's aunt
hits on the idea of telling the mother that as Albert's wife,
her daughter would bear the title Baroness von Frankenstein.
When she hears this, the mother's resistance crumbles.
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Episode 7: The Wedding
When Albert and Klara get married, everybody else's wishes
are granted too. At the wedding reception in the castle, the
jilted son of the mayor meets an attractive lady tightrope-walker;
the Water Man finds a water nymph, Mr. Talbot pairs up with
a she-wolf; Sepp Sizzle falls in love with the blacksmith's
fat sister; and Count Dracula proposes to Klara's mother.
Only the blacksmith is dissatisfied: he plants another home-made
bomb in the castle but blows himself up by accident. The explosion
enables the castle ghosts to escape from cellar, as a result
of which the century-old curse on the White Lady and Igor
is lifted: they too are now united as lovers. Frankenstein's
is able to return home reassured, having made the gloomy castle
habitable and reformed its occupants. She decided to take
the boy Max with her and devote herself to his upbringing:
this will be her next adventure.
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Jakubisko Film
