Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
Series |
The Criterion collection |
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Classic collection |
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Criterion collection
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Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
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System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
Language |
In French with English subtitles. |
Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959. |
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Special features include Blood of the beasts, 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; theatrical trailers, and stills gallery of rare production photos and promotional material. |
Cast |
Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Edith Scob. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
A plastic surgeon, holed up in a Paris mansion, is obsessively slicing off the faces of kidnapped women and grafting the flayed skin onto the rotting countenance of his beloved young daughter, disfigured in an automobile accident. |
Subject |
Fathers and daughters -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Plastic surgeons -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (FRENCH), VIDEODISCS.
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Genre |
Motion pictures France.
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Feature films.
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Added Author |
Franju, Georges, 1912-1987.
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Boileau, Pierre, 1906-1989.
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Narcejac, Thomas, 1908-1998.
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Brasseur, Pierre, 1905-1972.
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Valli, Alida, 1921-2006.
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Scob, Edith.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
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Added Title |
Eyes without a face |
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Yeux sans visage |
ISBN |
0780028880 |
Standard No. |
037429195727 |
Music No. |
EYE020 Home Vision Entertainment |
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