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A mad scientist tries to restore his daughter's face by grafting skin from young women he murders.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Redon, Jean (Author, Screenwriter), McGrath, Patrick, 1950- (Author), Kalat, David, 1970- (Author)
Corporate Authors: Lux Compagnie cinématographique de France, Champs-Élysées productions, Lux film (Firm), Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Franju, Georges, 1912-1987 (Director), Borkon, Jules (Producer), Boileau-Narcejac (Screenwriter), Sautet, Claude, 1924-2000 (Screenwriter), Brasseur, Pierre, 1905-1972 (Actor), Valli, Alida, 1921-2006 (Screenwriter), Scob, Édith (Screenwriter), Mayniel, Juliette, 1936- (Screenwriter), Rignault, Alexandre, 1901-1985 (Screenwriter)
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:French
Language Notes:In French; with optional English subtitles.
Published: [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Edition:Blu-ray ed.
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 260.
Subjects:
Kidnapping > Drama.
Fathers and daughters > Drama.
Plastic surgeons > Drama.
Redon, Jean > Film adaptations.
Motion pictures > France.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Horror films.
Description
Summary:A mad scientist tries to restore his daughter's face by grafting skin from young women he murders.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
Booklet (19 pages ; ill.) with program notes, credits and essays by Patrick McGrath and David Calat inserted in container.
Special features: Blood of the beasts (Le sang des bêtes), Georges Franju's 1949 short documentary about the slaughterhouses of Paris; theatrical trailers; stills gallery; "Le fantastique," Georges Franju discussing fantastic cinema, horror and the terror in everyday life; excerpt from Les grands-pères du crime, a documentary featuring writers Boileau and Narcejac.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray disc; region A; aspect ratio: 1.66:1; monoural sound; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Eugen Shuftan ; editor, Gilbert Natot ; music, Maurice Jarre.
ISBN:9781604657821
1604657820