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The Head

50 %|Jul 24, 1959|Science Fiction, Horror

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.

Featured Crew

Victor Trivas
Director
Victor Trivas
Writer
Wolf C. Hartwig
Producer
Friedel Buckow
Editor
Georg Krause
Director of Photography
Willy Mattes
Original Music Composer
Jacques Lasry
Original Music Composer
Bruno Monden
Production Design

Cast

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Horst Frank
Dr. Brandt
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Michel Simon
Prof. Dr. Abel
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Karin Kernke
Irene Sander
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Helmut Schmid
Bert Jaeger
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Paul Dahlke
Kommissar Sturm
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Dieter Eppler
Paul Lerner
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Kurt Müller-Graf
Walter Burke
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Maria Stadler
Ms. Schneider