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The Head (1959)

The Body is Gone... But The Head Lives On!

Genre : Science Fiction, Horror

Runtime : 1H 37M

Director : Victor Trivas

Synopsis

A scientist invents a serum that keeps a dog's head alive after its body dies. When the scientist dies of a heart attack, his crazed assistant cuts off his head and, using the serum, keeps the doctor's head alive and forces it to help him on an experiment to give his hunchbacked nurse assistant a new body.

Actors

Horst Frank
Horst Frank
Dr. Brandt alias Dr. Ood
Michel Simon
Michel Simon
Prof. Dr. Abel
Karin Kernke
Karin Kernke
Schwester Irene Sander
Helmut Schmid
Helmut Schmid
Bert Jaeger
Paul Dahlke
Paul Dahlke
Kommissar Sturm
Dieter Eppler
Dieter Eppler
Paul Lerner
Kurt Müller-Graf
Kurt Müller-Graf
Dr. Walter Burke
Christiane Maybach
Christiane Maybach
Stella alias Lilly
Osman Ragheb
Osman Ragheb
Franz
Maria Stadler
Maria Stadler
Frau Schneider
Barbara Valentin
Barbara Valentin
Tänzerin
Johannes Buzalski
Johannes Buzalski
Bettler

Crews

Victor Trivas
Victor Trivas
Director
Victor Trivas
Victor Trivas
Writer
Wolf C. Hartwig
Wolf C. Hartwig
Producer
Friedel Buckow
Friedel Buckow
Editor
Georg Krause
Georg Krause
Director of Photography
Willy Mattes
Willy Mattes
Original Music Composer
Jacques Lasry
Jacques Lasry
Original Music Composer
Bruno Monden
Bruno Monden
Production Design
Hermann Warm
Hermann Warm
Production Design
Lothar Gündisch
Lothar Gündisch
Assistant Director
Rudolf Kaiser
Rudolf Kaiser
Sound

Posters and backgrounds

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