SYNOPSIS: Secluded in the French countryside, a brilliant, obsessive doctor attempts a radical plastic surgery to restore the beauty of his daughter’s disfigured face—but at a horrifying price. At once ghastly and lyrical, Eyes Without a Face is a true rarity of horror cinema and has influenced countless films. The Criterion Collection is proud to present Georges Franju’s classic in a long-awaited, fully restored DVD edition.
| Doctor Génessier | Pierre Brasseur |
| Louise | Alida Valli |
| Christiane Génessier | Edith Scob |
| Jacques Vernon | Francois Guerin |
| Edna Grüberg | Juliette Mayniel |
| Detective Parot | Alexandre Rignault |
| Paulette Mérodon | Beatrice Altariba |
| The pound employee | Charles Blavette |
| Second police detective | Claude Brasseur |
| Director | Georges Franju |
| Producer | Jules Borkon |
| Based on the novel by | Jean Redon |
| Screenplay | Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac, Jean Redon and Claude Sautet |
| Dialogue | Pierre Gascar |
| Music | Maurice Jarre |
| Production manager | Pierre Laurent |
| Cinematography | Eugen Schüfftan |
| Sets | Auguste Capelier |
| Assistant director | Claude Sautet |
| Cameraman | Robert Schneider |
| Makeup | Georges Klein |
| Special effects | Henri Assola |
| Editing | Gilbert Natot |
| Sound | Antoine Archimbaud |
By October 18, 2004
Georges Franju’s Eyes Without a Face is for me the most chilling expression in cinema of our ancient preoccupation with the nature of identity. Its core motif is the mask, here an uncanny thing of . . . Read more »
By October 18, 2004
There is a moment in Eyes Without a Face—you’ll know it when you see it—when, according to L’Express, “the spectators dropped like flies.” At the Edinburgh Film Festival, seven viewers actually fainted . . . Read more »
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