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Yeux sans visage, Les (1960)

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Overview

Director:
Georges Franju
Writers:
Pierre Boileau (adaptation)
Pierre Gascar (dialogue)
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Release Date:
24 October 1962 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Horror | Thriller more
Plot:
A brilliant surgeon, Dr. Génessier, helped by his assistant Louise, kidnaps nice young women. He removes... more | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
User Comments:
Dark, desolate and diverting more

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
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 / Inspector
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)
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Directed by
Georges Franju 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Pierre Boileau  adaptation
Pierre Gascar  dialogue
Thomas Narcejac  adaptation
Jean Redon  novel & adaptation
Claude Sautet  adaptation

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
 


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Additional Details

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)
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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
France | Italy
Language:
French
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
UK:X (1959) (cut) | Argentina:16 | France:U (2007) | UK:18 (1995) | Australia:M (2007) | UK:15 (2007) | Finland:(Banned) (1962) | France:-16 | USA:Unrated
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Hubert de Givenchy created the gowns that Christiane wears throughout the movie. more
Goofs:
Continuity: There are actually two different Citroen DS cars used in the film as the Doctor's car. One, presumably a DS21, has two spotlights built into the bodywork by the headlights and chrome trim, including a driver's wing-mirror (see 10:00 as he arrives with no lights and 12:50 as he leaves a few minutes later using headlights and spotlights, another continuity gaff in itself). At 12 :50 and 14:16 the DS with spotlights is seen but at 17:19 it has changed to one with no spotlights and no wing-mirror, presumably a DS19. Though its front plate is "7769-GR75", when the Doctor puts it into the garage, the rear plate reads "2923-GR75" and the assistant's Citroen Diane has the plate "7769-GR75" on the front. At 32:18 the Diane has "2923-GY75" on the rear and at 32:55 the same on the front, which was its registration when first seen near the start of the film. Finally, at 54:49 it's back to the DS with spotlights. more
Quotes:
Doctor Génessier: The future, Madame, is something we should have started on a long time ago. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Face/Off (1997) more

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22 out of 26 people found the following comment useful:-
Dark, desolate and diverting, 6 April 2003
Author: NewEnglandPat from Virginia

This film is dark and somber with a sparse, repetitive music score that suggests impending danger. A brilliant but deranged surgeon, having caused his daughter's disfigurement in a car accident, loses touch with reality and tries to restore her beauty in a most repulsive manner. Undeterred by failure, Doctor Genessier continues his gruesome work, hoping to find a miracle cure that will reconstruct Christiane's facial features and also relieve him of his tremendous burden of guilt. Christiane realizes that she will never enjoy a normal life or see her beloved fiancé Jacques again. Her mute telephone calls to him just to hear his voice show how empty and lonely her life has become. Juliet Mayniel is touching as Edna, the young woman snared by the doctor's assistant, Louise. The unfortunate girl, now imprisoned and a post-surgery victim, her face wrapped in gauze and bandages, conveys the horror of her situation with her eyes in a heart-wrenching scene that is one of the film's best. Each character in this grim, unhappy feature is victimized in some fashion, but in spite of its subject matter, this cult classic is lean, first-rate storytelling.

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