Eyes without a Face (1960)
Who was the director?
Georges Franju
Who were the stars?
Pierre Brasseur
Alida Valli
Juliette Maynier
What was the plot?
‘Eyes without a Face’ is about a Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Génessier, and his assistant, Louise, attempting to perfect a number of surgical procedures; one of which is grafting skin from one animal to another. He experiments with dogs and keeps many mongrels penned up on his estate that he uses as subjects. It turns out they are doing this because the Surgeon’s daughter lost her face in a car accident that he was responsible for and now she keeps herself hidden and hides her face in a mask. This Surgeon kidnaps young women to remove their faces and graft them onto the head of his beloved daughter Christiane. All the victims die but the Surgeon never gives up.
The body of a dead woman was found (of which Louise had dropped in a river) and detectives asked the Surgeon to identify the dead woman; he tells them that it is the body of his lost daughter. Meanwhile Louise drives around the French city looking for young women to spark up a friendship with to then lure them into danger.
Who was the director?
Georges Franju
Who were the stars?
Pierre Brasseur
Alida Valli
Juliette Maynier
What was the plot?
‘Eyes without a Face’ is about a Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Génessier, and his assistant, Louise, attempting to perfect a number of surgical procedures; one of which is grafting skin from one animal to another. He experiments with dogs and keeps many mongrels penned up on his estate that he uses as subjects. It turns out they are doing this because the Surgeon’s daughter lost her face in a car accident that he was responsible for and now she keeps herself hidden and hides her face in a mask. This Surgeon kidnaps young women to remove their faces and graft them onto the head of his beloved daughter Christiane. All the victims die but the Surgeon never gives up.
The body of a dead woman was found (of which Louise had dropped in a river) and detectives asked the Surgeon to identify the dead woman; he tells them that it is the body of his lost daughter. Meanwhile Louise drives around the French city looking for young women to spark up a friendship with to then lure them into danger.
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