EYES WITHOUT A FACE
synopsis
After causing an accident that left his daughter Christiane severely disfigured, the brilliant surgeon Dr. Génessier works tirelessly to give the girl a new face. He does so however by kidnapping young women and attempting face transplants. He has been woefully unsuccessful to date. The doctor's world begins to collapse around him when his daughter realizes just what he has been doing.
international title: | Eyes Without a Face |
original title: | Les yeux sans visage |
country: | France, Italy |
year: | 1960 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Georges Franju |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | FR 11/01/1960, UK 28/01/1960, DE 11/03/1960, IT 03/05/1960, SE 30/10/1961, AT 1961, ES 23/09/1963, DK 09/12/1963, FI 24/02/2010, GR 25/09/2013, PT 13/07/2018 |
screenplay: | Jean Redon, Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac, Claude Sautet, Pierre Gascar |
cast: | Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel |
cinematography by: | Eugen Schüfftan |
film editing: | Gilbert Natot |
art director: | Auguste Capelier |
costumes designer: | Marie Martine |
producer: | Jules Borkon |