Eyes Without a Face

1960 PG-13 1h 24m

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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.

Director Georges Franju

Writers

Jean Redon Jean Redon Pierre Boileau

Stars

Pierre Brasseur Alida Valli Édith Scob

Doctor Lherminier, forensic surgeon

Claude Brasseur

Police inspector

Yvette Etiévant

Mother of the little sick man

Doctor Jacques Vernon

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Brigitte Juslin

Juliette (uncredited)

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User Reviews 2

Geronimo1967 30 May 2024

8/10

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 tender as he uses every means at his disposal to try to correct an accident that has left his daughter "Christiane" (...

John Chard 12 Mar 2014

9/10

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, Edith Scob, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel and Francois Guerin. Music is by Maurice Jarre and cinematography by Eugen Sch...