Overview:
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.| Original Title: | Les Yeux sans visage |
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| Status: | Released (1960-01-11) |
| BoxOffice: | $58,565 |
| Screen: | Jean Redon, Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac |
| Productions: | Lux Film, Champs-Élysées Productions |
| Production Countries: | France, Italy |
| Spoken Languages: | Français |
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Casts
- 24476: Pierre Brasseur - Professor Génessier
- 15385: Alida Valli - Louise
- 27980: Édith Scob - Christiane Génessier
- 24300: Juliette Mayniel - Edna Gruber
- 36212: Alexandre Rignault - Inspector Parot
- 37129: Béatrice Altariba - Paulette Mérodon
- 133190: Charles Blavette - Man from the Pond
Crews
- 5733: Pierre Boileau - Adaptation - Writing
- 128482: Jules Borkon - Producer - Production
- 20789: Claude Sautet - Adaptation - Writing
- 1758: Eugen Schüfftan - Director of Photography - Camera
- 10471: Margot Capelier - Art Direction - Art
- 37302: Georges Franju - Director - Directing
- 5734: Thomas Narcejac - Adaptation - Writing
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Reviews
John Chard
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How odd I should have to comfort you. You still have some hope, at least. Les yeux sans visage (AKA: Eyes Without a Face) is directed by Georges Franju and collectively written by Franju, Jean Redon, Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac and Claude Sautet. It stars Pierre Brasseur, Edit ....
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I don't think I've ever seen a film that marries the macabre and the gentle; the evil and the enlightened and the just plain horrifying in quite the way that Georges Franju does with this masterpiece. Pierre Brasseur as "Dr. Génessier" is simultaneously sinister, brutal, loving and t ....
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