Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus

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The young student Viktor Frankenstein creates an artificial and fearsome creature from dead materials, which flees shortly after its first breath. But it is not the last contact between Frankenstein and his monster, which - increasingly bitter from the constant rejections of humans - returns to its creator. The creature forces Frankenstein to build him a female counterpart, which Frankenstein destroys at the last moment. Thereupon the creature ponders revenge...