Young Frankenstein

The direct object of parody, Mel Brooks became a classic ribbon James Whale "Frankenstein" (1931). In order to achieve a parodic similarities, Brooks took off my tape in the same castle where was filmed the original.

The sound of a howling werewolf in the film was simulated by the Director — Mel Brooks.

When Frankenstein up the stairs to the second floor, on the wall you can see the image of the gargoyle suspiciously similar to Mel Brooks.

In the beginning of the movie the clock strikes 13 times.

One of the phial with a brain can read the name Charles Sertin. Is the name of the assistant of the artist, then began a career in the movies.

The couple on the train talking in English and then the same for the sake of jokes, repeats in German.

Madeline Kahn had a role to play Inga, but she refused. Brooks thought about it and decided to give her the role of Elizabeth. Then, Kahn has changed his mind and asked for the role back. It was too late — Brooks could invite Teri Garr, which was given the task: to master the German accent. That Teri successfully demonstrated.

Skull that Frederick and Inga find the castle, were real human skulls, with the exception of the skull, who died six months ago — this skull was a hoax.

Brooks had so many jokes that when the main scene was already set, he couldn't stop and continued to move on.

The scene where the monster carries Elizabeth through the woods, a parody of a similar scene from the movie "creature from the Black lagoon" (1954).

Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle and Marty Feldman were in a movie thanks to the cunning of their common agent.

The phrase "I can make espresso" was improvised by Gene Hackman, who played the Blind man.

Brain, which never went to the monster belonged to a certain Hans Delbruck. The real Hans Delbrück was a famous German historian, Professor at Berlin University.

Actor Leon Eskin played a lawyer, but his role was completely cut from the film.

When the movie came out in theaters, not in the credits was the name of Gene Hackman (who played the role of a blind man).

The band Aerosmith issued in the name of their biggest hit made in the film the phrase "Walk This Way".

The name of the producer, Michael Gruskoff appears in the movie in the name of a country Inn.

In 2003, the Library of Congress has made "Young Frankenstein" at the national registry of films of special cultural, historic or aesthetic significance.