41^ Lovers Film Festival
LOVERS CELEBRATION/UDO KIER
FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN
FLESH FOR FRANKESNTEIN
by Paul Morrissey
How to create the perfect race? According to Baron von Frankenstein, inclined toward Nazi ideology — as well as incest and necrophilia — it would merely require mating two creatures specifically assembled from parts of carefully selected corpses. An impossible experiment which, however, seems to work… A gruesome and hilariously bizarre blend of horror, eroticism and science fiction, featuring an over-the-top performance by Udo Kier as the sinister protagonist. Alongside him are Joe Dallesandro and Dalila Di Lazzaro, in a film directed by Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey, bringing to life a story by Tonino Guerra. Loosely inspired by Mary Shelley, it forms a diptych with the equally absurd Blood for Dracula (1974), in which Udo Kier plays the infamous vampire — in his own unmistakable way, of course.
Biography
film director
Paul Morrissey
Paul Morrissey (New York, 1939–2024) was one of the most important underground filmmakers, helping define the very concept. Andy Warhol’s right‑hand man, he produced the controversial Chelsea Girls (1966). His films include Flesh (1968), Trash (1970), Women in Revolt (1971), Heat (1972), L’Amour (1972), Flesh for Frankenstein (1973, co‑directed with Antonio Margheriti), Blood for Dracula (1974), Mixed Blood (1984), and Veruschka – (m)ein inszenierter Körper (2005).
Cast
& Credits
Montaggio/Editing Jed Johnson, Franca Silvi
Fotografia/Photography Luigi Kuveiller
Scenografia/Production Design Enrico Job
Suono/Sound Roberto Arcangeli
Musica/Music Claudio Gizzi
Interpreti/Cast Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Monique van Vooren
Produttore/Producer Andrew Braunsberg, Andy Warhol
Produzione/Production Champion Cinematografica, Braunsberg Productions, Carlo Ponti Cinematografica
Distribuzione/Distribution Minerva Pictures Group
