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Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Directed by Georges Franju
“The horror film with a heart of mystery.”
Drama, Horror, Thriller · 1h 24m
Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.
Cast
Pierre Brasseur
Professor Génessier
Alida Valli
Louise
Édith Scob
Christiane Génessier
Juliette Mayniel
Edna Gruber
Alexandre Rignault
Inspector Parot
Béatrice Altariba
Paulette Mérodon
Charles Blavette
Man from the Pond
Michel Etcheverry
Doctor Lherminier, forensic surgeon
Claude Brasseur
Police inspector
Yvette Etiévant
Mother of the little sick man
René Génin
Emile Tessot
Lucien Hubert
Man at the funeral
Crew
- Director
- Georges Franju
- Screenplay
- Pierre Boileau, Jean Redon, Thomas Narcejac, Claude Sautet
- Writer
- Pierre Gascar
- Novel
- Jean Redon
- Director of Photography
- Eugen Schüfftan
- Original Music Composer
- Maurice Jarre
- Editor
- Gilbert Natot
- Producer
- Jules Borkon, Riccardo Gualino
Details
- Original title
- Les Yeux sans visage
- Release date
- 1960-01-11
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Production
- Lux Film, Champs-Élysées Productions
- Box office
- $58,656