Les yeux sans visage / Janus Films ; Gaumont présente ; Lux Compagnie cinématographique de France présente ; une production Jules Borkon ; un film de Georges Franju ; d'après le roman de Jean Redon adaptation de Boileau-Narcejac, Jean Redon, Claude Sautet ; une co-production franco-italienne Champs-Élysées productions, Lux-Film-Rome.
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
c2013
Description:
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.)
Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Edith Scob, Juliette Mayniel, Alexandre Rignault. Based on the novel by Jean Redon. Originally released as a motion picture in 1960. Booklet (19 p. ; ill.) with program notes, credits and essays by Patrick McGrath and David Calat inserted in container. Special features: Blood of the beasts (Le sang des bêtes), Georges Franju's 1949 short documentary about the slaughterhouses of Paris; theatrical trailers; stills gallery; "Le fantastique," Georges Franju discussing fantastic cinema, horror and the terror in everyday life; excerpt from Les grands-pères du crime, a documentary featuring writers Boileau and Narcejac.
Summary:
A mad scientist tries to restore his daughter's face by grafting skin from young women he murders.
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