The Head

1959

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1h 31m

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

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Victor Trivas(writer by)

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Release date

July 24, 1959 (United States)

Country of origin

Germany

Language

German

Production company

Rapid Film

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