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The Head (1959)

Original title: Die Nackte und der Satan

NR · 1959-07-24 · 1h 37m · DE
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The Body is Gone... But The Head Lives On!

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.

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Victor TrivasDirector, Writer

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Horst FrankHorst FrankDr. Brandt alias Dr. OodMichel SimonMichel SimonProf. Dr. AbelKarin KernkeKarin KernkeSchwester Irene SanderHelmut SchmidHelmut SchmidBert JaegerPaul DahlkePaul DahlkeKommissar SturmDieter EpplerDieter EpplerPaul LernerKurt Müller-GrafKurt Müller-GrafDr. Walter BurkeChristiane MaybachChristiane MaybachStella alias LillyOsman RaghebOsman RaghebFranzMaria StadlerMaria StadlerFrau SchneiderBarbara ValentinBarbara ValentinTänzerinJohannes BuzalskiJohannes BuzalskiBettler

Keywords

SuicideScientistMad scientistStripperDisfigurementDecapitationHunchbackMad doctorSevered headMultiple murderDecapitated head

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Genre affinityHorror · Science FictionTheme affinitySuicide · Scientist · Mad ScientistDirector preference463857Actor preference295350 · 323833 · 240542Country preferenceDeDecade preference1950

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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.

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The Head has a runtime of 97 minutes.

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