Georges Franju

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Eyes without a Face review by TheUncanny from HALESOWEN

Les Yeux sans visage 13 June 2008
...Georges Franju’s seminal 1959 French horror film Les Yeux sans visage (Eyes Without a Face) balances the subtly poetic with the deliberately graphic. Franju, ably aided by Eu... Read customer review

Judex/Nuits Rouges review by RichardGibson from Reino Unido

Like Franju? You should see 'Judex'. 1 January 2011
... Without a Face' and longed to see more then here (finally) is your chance. Georges Franju's work is criminally under seen and under represented on DVD. Eureka/Masters of... Read customer review

Eyes without a Face on DVD (1960)
Starring: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel
Director: Georges Franju
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Guilt-ridden after recklessly crashing his car and leaving his daughter severely disfigured, celebrated plastic surgeon Dr Gennesier becomes obsessed with restoring her beauty by transplanting a new face onto her mutilated features. Aided by his devoted assistant Louisa, young woman are lured back ..read more »

69% from 1,029 member

Les Yeux Sans Visage (1960)
Starring: Alida Valli, Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob
Director: Georges Franju
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The pulp poetic masterpiece from surrealist director Georges Franju, in which a maniacal plastic surgeon becomes obsessed with restoring his beloved daughter's face, which was mutilated in a horrible accident. When all conventional methods fail, he hatches a mad plot, murdering women in an insane ..read more »

81% from 136 members
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La Tete Contre Les Murs on DVD (1959)
Starring: Pierre Brasseur, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Mocky
Director: Georges Franju
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Mocky plays François Gérane, an aimless young man whose delinquent tendencies cause his father to have him committed to a psychiatric ward. There, under the cold command of Dr. Varmont (Brasseur), he finds himself fighting for his dignity, sanity, and freedom, barely holding on through the new-..read more »

63% from 120 members

Judex/Nuits Rouges (2 discs) on DVD
Starring: Edith Scob, Jacques Champreux, jacques champreux
Director: Georges Franju
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JUDEX is the faithful feature-film version of the exploits of French serial eponymous superhero, a sharp-witted detective and master of disguise who employs his skills in the defence of the world from archenemy Fantomas.NUITS ROUGES tells the story of an arch criminal known as 'the man without a ..read more »

66% from 267 members

Eyes without a Face - 3.5 stars
Les Yeux Sans Visage - 4.0 stars
La Tete Contre Les Murs - 3.0 stars
Judex/Nuits Rouges - 3.5 stars

Les Yeux Sans Visage - 4.0 stars
Eyes without a Face - 3.5 stars
Judex/Nuits Rouges - 3.5 stars
La Tete Contre Les Murs - 3.0 stars

La Tete Contre Les Murs - 3.0 stars
Judex/Nuits Rouges - 3.5 stars
Eyes without a Face - 3.5 stars
Les Yeux Sans Visage - 4.0 stars

Pierre Brasseur - 3 times - show films
Edith Scob - 3 times - show films
Claude Brasseur - 2 times - show films
Alexandre Rignault - 2 times - show films
Juliette Mayniel - 2 times - show films