A brilliant surgeon, Dr. Génessier, helped by his assistant Louise, kidnaps nice young women. He removes their faces and tries to graft them onto the head on his beloved daughter Christiane, whose face has been entirely spoiled in a car crash. All the experiments fail, and the victims die, but Génessier keeps trying….

Les yeux sans visage (1960)
  • Rating: (7,093 votes)
  • Runtime:88 minutes
  • Director: Georges Franju
  • Countries:France, Italy
  • Actors:
    Docteur Génessier
    Pierre Brasseur
    Louise
    Alida Valli
    Edna Grüber
    Juliette Mayniel
    Christiane Génessier
    Edith Scob
    Jacques Vernon
    François Guérin
    Inspector Parot
    Alexandre Rignault
    Paulette
    Béatrice Altariba
    L'homme de la fourrière (as Blavette)
    Charles Blavette
    Un inspecteur
    Claude Brasseur
    Le docteur Lherminier - médecin légiste / Forensic surgeon
    Michel Etcheverry
  • Genres:Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
  • Producer:
    Jules Borkon
    producer  
  • Plots: A brilliant surgeon, Dr. Génessier, helped by his assistant Louise, kidnaps nice young women. He removes their faces and tries to graft them onto the head on his beloved daughter Christiane, whose face has been entirely spoiled in a car crash. All the experiments fail, and the victims die, but Génessier keeps trying.... Written by Yepok
Les yeux sans visage
  • User's comment: by heedarmy

    George Franju's "Yeux Sans Visage" is extremely slow yet absolutely riveting. The direction is masterful and Pierre Brasseur is superb as the dedicated doctor whose love for his daughter leads him to commit unspeakable crimes.

    The cold, sinister atmosphere of the film will seep into your bones and you may find it hard to look at the screen when the central skin-removal operation takes place - this is an extraordinarily grisly sequence for its time, lent all the more power by the cold, matter-of-fact direction and acting.

    In a film full of haunting images, you will find the last one unforgettable.

    Why can't modern directors make horror films as good as this? It deals with a potentially lurid, gory subject-matter with masterly subtlety and skill.


  • Quotes: Doctor Génessier: The future, Madame, is something we should have started on a long time ago. Louise: She trusts you this time. I trust you. Doctor Génessier: Me, I'm hoping, that's all.
  • Also known as: Das Schreckenshaus des Dr. Rasanoff (Austria), Das Schreckenshaus des Dr. Rasanoff (West Germany), Eyes Without a Face (International - English title), Eyes Without a Face (UK), Los ojos sin rostro (Argentina), Los ojos sin rostro (Spain - imdb display title), Augen ohne Gesicht (West Germany), De bestialiska (Sweden), Het masker met de levende ogen (Belgium - Flemish title), House of Dr. Rasanoff ( - undefined), Les yeux sans visage (Belgium - French title), Los ojos sin cara (Mexico - imdb display title), Matia horis prosopo (Greece - imdb display title), Occhi senza volto (Italy), Oczy bez twarzy (Poland - imdb display title), Olhos Sem Rosto (Brazil), Os Olhos Sem Rosto (Brazil - imdb display title), Schreckenshaus des Dr. Rasanoff (West Germany), Silmät ilman kasvoja (Finland), Szemek arc nélkül (Hungary - imdb display title), The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus (USA - dubbed version),

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