| Man with the Transplanted Brain | |
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| Directed by | Jacques Doniol-Valcroze |
| Written by | Jacques Doniol-Valcroze |
| Starring | Mathieu Carrière Nicoletta Machiavelli |
| Cinematography | Étienne Becker |
| Edited by | Nicole Berckmans |
| Music by | Johannes Brahms |
Release date | 1972 |
| Countries | France Italy West Germany |
| Language | French |
Man with the Transplanted Brain (French: L'Homme au cerveau greffé, Italian: L'uomo dal cervello trapiantato) is a 1972 French-Italian-West German science fiction-drama film written and directed by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze. It is loosely based on a novel by Alain Franck and Victor Vicas.[1]
Plot
The head of a neurosurgical clinic, Professor Jean Marcilly, famous brain specialist, condemned by an incurable heart disease, pushes Dr. Robert Degagnac to transplant his brain into the young 23-year-old Franz Eckerman, a former racer and race car tester, victim of a car crash.
Cast
- Mathieu Carrière
- Nicoletta Machiavelli
- Marianne Eggerickx
- Michel Duchaussoy
- Jean-Pierre Aumont
- Martine Sarcey
- Benoît Allemane
- Monique Mélinand
- Andrée Tainsy
- Christian Duroc
- Pierre Santini
References
Further reading
- Michel Grisolia, Cinéma 72 (166). May 1972. p. 152.
- Marcel Martin, Écran 72 (7). July 1972. p. 74.
- Dominique Maillet, La Revue du cinéma (263-264). September 1972. p. 130.
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