Eyes Without a Face

Name: Eyes Without a Face
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Released: 1960-01-11
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 7.6

★ 7,6 /10 (811 Votes)

1960 FR 84 min

Overview

Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.

Stream

Rent

Release date

11/01/1960

Votes

811

Popularity

4.4

The horror film with a heart of mystery.

Genres

Drama Horror Thriller

Status

Released

Original title

Les Yeux sans visage

Language

Runtime

84 min

Revenue

$58,656

Pierre Brasseur

Professor Génessier

Alida Valli

Louise

Édith Scob

Christiane Génessier

Juliette Mayniel

Edna Gruber

Alexandre Rignault

Inspector Parot

Béatrice Altariba

Paulette Mérodon

Charles Blavette

Man from the Pond

Michel Etcheverry

Doctor Lherminier, forensic surgeon

Claude Brasseur

Police inspector

Yvette Etiévant

Mother of the little sick man

René Génin

Emile Tessot

Lucien Hubert

Man at the funeral

Marcel Pérès

Man at the funeral

François Guérin

Doctor Jacques Vernon

No photo

Brigitte Juslin

Juliette (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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How odd I should have to comfort you. You still have some hope, at least. Les yeux sans visage (AKA: Eyes Without a Face) is directed by Georges Franju and collectively written by Franju, Jean Redon, Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac and Claude Sautet. It stars Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel and Francois Guerin. Music is by Maurice Jarre and cinematography by Eugen Schufftan. Dr. Genessier (Brasseur) is wracked with guilt over the car accident he caused that saw his beloved daughter Christiane (Scob) suffer horrendous facial injuries. He has a notion to perform …

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I don't think I've ever seen a film that marries the macabre and the gentle; the evil and the enlightened and the just plain horrifying in quite the way that Georges Franju does with this masterpiece. Pierre Brasseur as "Dr. Génessier" is simultaneously sinister, brutal, loving and tender as he uses every means at his disposal to try to correct an accident that has left his daughter "Christiane" (Edith Scob) disfigured. He will stop at nothing - quite literally - and the coup de grâce is still something that makes me shudder, even now. Not for the squeamish, nor is it gratuitous. It's just gre…

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