Frankenstein's Army

  • 86'
  • Netherlands
  • 2013
Toward the end of WWII, Russian soldiers break into the caves of a secret Nazi laboratory where insane experiments are performed in order to give Hitler total victory.
Frankenstein's Army starts as a found-footage film with handheld fragments in various formats (filled with scratches and scorch marks) made by a Russian film student at the orders of Stalin. Gradually this WWII variation on The Blair Witch Project changes into a bloody, very filthy ‘Ten Little Niggers’ pastiche, in which one Iron-Curtain-English-speaking soldier after the other meets a sticky end.
Richard Raaphorst worked for over ten years on his Nazi zombie project, initially under the title 'Worst Case Scenario'. Raaphorst wrote the script with Chris W. Mitchell (Süskind) and Miguel Tejada-Flores (Beyond Re-Animator). For the cast, he managed to persuade Karel Roden (Hellboy) and Alexander Mercury (The Golden Compass), among others.


  • 86'
  • Netherlands
  • 2013
Director
Richard Raaphorst
Premiere
World premiere
Countries of production
Netherlands, Czech Republic, USA
Year
2013
Festival Edition
IFFR 2013
Length
86'
Medium
HDcam
Language
English
Producer
Nick Jongerius
Production Company
Pellicola
Sales
MPI Media Group
Screenplay
Chris W. Mitchell, Miguel Tejada-Flores
Cinematography
Bart Beekman
Editor
Jasper Verhorevoort
Production Design
Jindrich Kocí
Sound Design
Luis Flores
Cast
Karel Roden, Joshua Sasse
Director
Richard Raaphorst
Premiere
World premiere
Countries of production
Netherlands, Czech Republic, USA
Year
2013
Festival Edition
IFFR 2013
Length
86'
Medium
HDcam
Language
English
Producer
Nick Jongerius
Production Company
Pellicola
Sales
MPI Media Group
Screenplay
Chris W. Mitchell, Miguel Tejada-Flores
Cinematography
Bart Beekman
Editor
Jasper Verhorevoort
Production Design
Jindrich Kocí
Sound Design
Luis Flores
Cast
Karel Roden, Joshua Sasse