The Head
The Body is Gone... But The Head Lives On!
1959 · 1h 31m · N/A
Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
Victor Trivas
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The Head
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Victor Trivas Director
- Horst Frank as Dr. Brandt, alias Dr. Ood
- Karin Kernke as Schwester Irene Sander
- Michel Simon as Prof. Dr. Abel
- Helmut Schmid as Bert Jaeger
- Paul Dahlke as Police Commissioner Sturm
- Dieter Eppler as Paul Lerner
- Kurt Müller-Graf as Dr. Walter Burke
- Christiane Maybach Cast
- Osman Ragheb Cast
- Maria Stadler Cast
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