Frankenstein 1970

1970. To capitalize on the 230th anniversary of the original story of Frankenstein, an American film crew is shooting a new documentary of the story for television; their hope is to make it into a possible TV series. To get further publicity, they have contracted to shoot the film in Germany on the grounds of the castle of the last remaining member of the real Frankenstein family, Baron Victor von Frankenstein, who is following in his great-great-grandfather's footsteps in becoming a scientist. As filming progresses, however, von Frankenstein begins to have mixed emotions about his business manager, Wilhelm Gottfried, having talked him into this arrangement. On the one hand, he has to put up with the impositions of the film cast and crew and their many interpersonal problems, they who, as per the contract, are being housed in the castle during the shooting of the film. But on the other hand, with Gottfried having already sold off every one of his personal possessions that had any monetary value at all, von Frankenstein needs the money to purchase an atomic reactor to complete his current science project, the true nature of which he has not revealed to anyone, even to the trusted Gottfried. While von Frankenstein capitalizes on one opportunity to reach his final goal in the project, he may not be able to control the proverbial runaway train in the potentially deadly mix between his project's progression and the infuriating presence of the filmmakers, whether he wants to or not.