Science Fiction ·Horror · Germany · 1959 · 1h 31m

The Head

Die Nackte und der Satan

The Head poster
Director
Victor Trivas
Cast
Horst Frank as Dr. Brandt Karin Kernke as Irene Sander Michel Simon as Prof. Dr. Abel Helmut Schmid as Bert Jaeger Paul Dahlke as Inspector Sturm Dieter Eppler as Paul Lerner
Crew
Georg Krause — Director of Photography Friedel Buckow — Editor Willy Mattes — Original Music Composer Jacques Lasry — Original Music Composer Victor Trivas — Writer Wolf C. Hartwig — Producer
Tagline

The Body is Gone... But The Head Lives On!

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
suicidestrippermad scientistdecapitationmad doctorsevered headscientisthunchbackdisfigurementmultiple murderdecapitated head
Key Collaborators
Victor Trivas Director Georg Krause Director of Photography Friedel Buckow Editor Willy Mattes Original Music Composer Jacques Lasry Original Music Composer Victor Trivas Writer Wolf C. Hartwig Producer Bruno Monden Production Design Hermann Warm Production Design
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