Eyes Without a Face

Film Info

France
1960
90 minutes
Black and White
1.66:1
French
Spine #260

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.

Cast

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

Credits

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

Disc Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Blood of the Beasts (Le Sang des bêtes), Georges Franju’s 1949 short documentary about the slaughterhouses of Paris
Archival interviews with Franju on horror, cinema, and the making of Blood of the Beasts
Excerpt from Les Grands-pères du crime, a documentary featuring Eyes Without a Face writers Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac (Diabolique, Vertigo)
Theatrical trailers
Stills gallery of rare production photos and promotional material
New and improved English subtitle translation
Plus: new essays by novelist Patrick McGrath and writer and film historian David Kalat