The Head (1959)

07/24/1959 (DE) • 1h 31m

Science Fiction, Horror

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

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.

Top Billed Cast

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Irene Sander

Michel Simon

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Bert Jaeger

Paul Dahlke

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Dieter Eppler

Paul Lerner

Kurt Müller-Graf

Walter Burke


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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

suicide

stripper

mad scientist

decapitation

mad doctor

severed head

scientist

hunchback

disfigurement

multiple murder

decapitated head

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