- BFI identifier52224
- Date1959 (Release)
- Production countryFrance, Italy
- Production company
- SynopsisHorror chiller. In the woods outside Paris, eminent surgeon Dr Génessier uses the hidden basement of his clinic to perform secret operations in a bid to reconstruct the badly disfigured face of his daughter. He does this by removing the faces of attractive female students who are abducted in Paris for this purpose by his devoted accomplice, Louise. Eventually the police get a lead and they assign Paulette, a young woman who has been caught shoplifting, to go along to the clinic as bait. (Synopsis)
- Genre
- CategoryFiction
- Subject
- CreditsDirector: Georges Franju
Production Company: Champs-Elysées Productions
Production Company: Lux Film (Rome)
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Title
Les Yeux sans visage (Original)
Eyes without a Face (Alternative)
Occhi senza volto (Alternative)
The Horror Chamber of Dr Faustus (Alternative)
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