• Director(s):

    VAN WAEREBEKE (DENIS)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE, LES FILMS D'ICI

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2025

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

The creature of Frankenstein, born from Mary Shelley’s imagination during the summer of 1816 on the shores of Lake Geneva, embodies our deep-seated fear of unchecked scientific progress leading to the dehumanization of the world and of life itself. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus — a monster novel about self-creation — must not only be read in the shadow of the French Revolution but also through the lens of the Enlightenment’s ideal of political emancipation through knowledge: though "born of darkness," it is equally a child of the Enlightenment. How can a foundational myth of modernity mark a turning point in history?