Man with the Transplanted Brain
Appearance
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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 |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- Mathieu Carrière
- Nicoletta Machiavelli
- Marianne Eggerickx
- Michel Duchaussoy
- Jean-Pierre Aumont
- Martine Sarcey
- Benoît Allemane
- Monique Mélinand
- Andrée Tainsy
- Christian Duroc
- Pierre Santini
References
[edit]- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
External links
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Categories:
- 1972 films
- Films directed by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
- Films based on French novels
- 1970s science fiction drama films
- Italian science fiction drama films
- French science fiction drama films
- Films about brain transplantation
- 1972 drama films
- 1970s French films
- 1970s Italian films
- 1972 science fiction films
- 1970s French film stubs
- 1970s Italian film stubs