Yeux sans visage, Les (1960)

Réalisateur:

Georges Franju

Writers:

Pierre Boileau (adaptation)
Pierre Gascar (dialogue)

Release Date:

24 octobre 1962 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Horror | Thriller

Plot:

A brilliant surgeon, Dr. Génessier, helped by his assistant Louise, kidnaps nice young women. He removes...

Plot Keywords:

Dog Attack | Stabbed In The Neck | Poetic | Pearl Necklace | Kidnapping

Avis des utilisateurs:

Masterpiece of the genre

Ensemble

Pierre Brasseur	...	Docteur Génessier
Alida Valli	...	Louise
Juliette Mayniel	...	Edna Grüber
Edith Scob	...	Christiane Génessier
François Guérin	...	Jacques Vernon
Alexandre Rignault	...	Inspector Parot
Béatrice Altariba	...	Paulette
Charles Blavette	...	L'homme de la fourrière (as Blavette)
Claude Brasseur	...	Un inspecteur / Inspector
Michel Etcheverry	...	Le docteur Lherminier - médecin légiste / Forensic surgeon
Yvette Etiévant	...	La mère
René Génin	...	Emile Tessot
Lucien Hubert	...	Un homme au cimetière
Marcel Pérès	...	Un homme au cimetière

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Eyes Without a Face (UK)
House of Dr. Rasanoff
Occhi senza volto (Italy)
The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus (USA) (dubbed version)
Yeux sans visage, Les (Belgium: French title) [fr]

Durée:

88 min

Pays:

France | Italy

Langue:

Français

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Son:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Classification:

UK:15 (2007) | UK:X (1959) (cut) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M (2007) | UK:18 (1995) | France:U (2007) | Finland:(Banned) (1962) | France:-16 | USA:Unrated

Company:

Champs-Élysées Productions

Anecdotes:

Hubert de Givenchy created the gowns that Christiane wears throughout the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: License plate changes numbers between shots as the doctor is backing up and pulling into his garage for the first time. As he walks through the garage, into the house, you can see the original plate '7769' on his assistant's car.

Guillemet:

Louise: She trusts you this time. I trust you.
Doctor Génessier: Me, I'm hoping, that's all.

Connexions De Film:

Referenced in Face/Off (1997)

Masterpiece of the genre

George Franju's "Yeux Sans Visage" is extremely slow yet absolutely riveting. The direction is masterful and Pierre Brasseur is superb as the dedicated doctor whose love for his daughter leads him to commit unspeakable crimes.

The cold, sinister atmosphere of the film will seep into your bones and you may find it hard to look at the screen when the central skin-removal operation takes place - this is an extraordinarily grisly sequence for its time, lent all the more power by the cold, matter-of-fact direction and acting.

In a film full of haunting images, you will find the last one unforgettable.

Why can't modern directors make horror films as good as this? It deals with a potentially lurid, gory subject-matter with masterly subtlety and skill.