Eyes Without a Face

Les Yeux sans visage, feature film, 1959

DIRECTED BY: Georges Franju

Eyes Without a Face

CAST:
Pierre Brasseur (doktor Génessier),
Alida Valli (Louise),
Juliette Mayniel (Edna Grüber),
Edith Scob (Christiane Génessier),
François Guérin (Jacques Vernon)

SCRIPT:
Pierre Boileau,
Thomas Narcejac,
Claude Sautet,
Pierre Gascar,
Jean Redon (based on his own novel)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Eugen Schüfftan

Synopsis:
Doktor Génessier is a famous Parisian plastic surgeon who is tortured by a sense of guilt because his daughter Christiane’s face got disfigured in a car accident. His wish to repair the damage grows into an obsession. The doctor and his assistant Louise kidnap young women who bear a physical resemblance to Christiane and try to transplant their faces onto hers and give her back her beauty.

b/w, 90'