Les yeux sans visage (1960)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Georges Franju

Writers:

Jean Redon (novel)
Pierre Boileau (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:

24 October 1962 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Plot:

A brilliant surgeon, Dr. Génessier, helped by his assistant Louise, kidnaps nice young women. He removes...

Plot Keywords:

Assistant | Surgeon | Transplant | Father Daughter Relationship | Dial Phone

Cast

Pierre Brasseur	...	Docteur Génessier
Alida Valli	...	Louise
Juliette Mayniel	...	Edna Grüber
Edith Scob	...	Christiane Génessier
François Guérin	...	Jacques Vernon
Alexandre Rignault	...	Inspector Parot
Béatrice Altariba	...	Paulette
Charles Blavette	...	L'homme de la fourrière (as Blavette)
Claude Brasseur	...	Un inspecteur
Michel Etcheverry	...	Le docteur Lherminier - médecin légiste / Forensic surgeon
Yvette Etiévant	...	La mère
René Génin	...	Emile Tessot
Lucien Hubert	...	Un homme au cimetière
Marcel Pérès	...	Un homme au cimetière
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
France Asselin	...	(uncredited)
Charles Bayard	...	Un homme à la conférence (uncredited)
Gabrielle Doulcet	...	Une admiratrice (uncredited)
Corrado Guarducci	...	(uncredited)
Brigitte Juslin	...	(uncredited)
Charles Lavialle	...	Le concierge (uncredited)
Max Montavon	...	(uncredited)
Jimmy Perrys	...	Un homme à la morgue (uncredited)

Directed by
Georges Franju

Writing credits
Jean Redon		(novel)
Pierre Boileau		(adaptation) (as Boileau-Narcejac) and
Thomas Narcejac		(adaptation) (as Boileau-Narcejac) &
Jean Redon		(adaptation) &
Claude Sautet		(adaptation)
Pierre Gascar		(dialogue)

Produced by
Jules Borkon	....	producer

Original Music by
Maurice Jarre

Cinematography by
Eugen Schüfftan		(as Eugen Shuftan)

Film Editing by
Gilbert Natot

Production Design by
Auguste Capelier

Costume Design by
Marie Martine		(gowns) (as Marie-Martine)

Makeup Department
Georges Klein	....	makeup artist
Marcelle Testard	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Margot Capelier	....	assistant production manager
Pierre Laurent	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Claude Sautet	....	assistant director

Art Department
Jacques Mély	....	assistant art director
Claude Moesching	....	assistant art director
Albert Volper	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Antoine Archimbaud	....	sound

Special Effects by
Charles-Henri Assola	....	special effects (as Henri Assola)

Camera and Electrical Department
Pierre Brard	....	assistant camera
Jean-Louis Castelli	....	still photographer
Robert Schneider	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Denise Natot	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Maurice Jarre	....	musical director

Other crew
Ginette Diamant-Berger	....	script supervisor
Marcel Lesourd	....	animal trainer

Production Companies

• Champs-Élysées Productions (in association with)
• Lux Film

Distributors

• Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France (1960) (France) (theatrical)
• Lux Film (1960) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Actionfilm (1961) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Lopert Pictures Corporation (1962) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• United Artists (1962) (Canada) (theatrical) (as "Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus")
• Rialto Pictures (2003) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled) (re-release)
• Atlantic Film (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Beam Entertainment (Japan) (DVD distributor)
• Canvas (2007) (Belgium) (TV)
• Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Culture Publishers (CP) (Japan) (DVD)
• Imagica Corp. (Japan) (DVD)
• Interama Video (2000) (USA) (VHS) (as "Eyes Without a Face")
• Kino Video (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Les Acacias (France)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (1992) (USA) (VHS)
• Tohokushinsha Film (Japan) (VHS)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Eyes Without a Face (UK)
House of Dr. Rasanoff
Occhi senza volto (Italy)
The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus (USA) (dubbed version)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (1962) | Australia:M (2007) | France:U (2007) | UK:15 (2007) | UK:18 (1995) | UK:X (1959) (cut) | Argentina:16 | France:-16 | USA:Unrated

Company:

Champs-Élysées Productions

Trivia:

The film was re-released uncut (and under its original title) to US theaters for the first time on Halloween night of 2003.

Goofs:

Continuity: License plate changes numbers between shots as the doctor is backing up and pulling into his garage for the first time. As he walks through the garage, into the house, you can see the original plate '7769' on his assistant's car.

Quotes:

Doctor Génessier: The future, Madame, is something we should have started on a long time ago.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Face/Off (1997)

Another opinion:

"Eyes Without A Face" is a groundbreaking and trendsetting artistic nightmare! The plot of this film has often been copied but never has it been done in such an eerily effective style. The sight of the masked daughter playing with the dogs evokes many emotions in the viewer. There are shots in this movie that will stay with you long after you have seen it! Heavily recommended!