

Eyes Without a Face
The horror film with a heart of mystery.
Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $58.7K
- Language
- French
- experiment
- surgeon
- film noir
- black and white
- photograph
- scientist
- transplant
- dove
- ulcer
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Produced in
France, Italy
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR24 Oct 1962
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical28 Jan 1960
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalMDVD4 Jul 2007
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical9 Dec 1963
FranceFR
- Theatrical1611 Jan 1960
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1811 Mar 1960
- Physical1625 Feb 2022
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT3 May 1960
JapanJP
- TheatricalPG1220 Oct 1960
MexicoMX
- TheatricalB-152 Apr 1965
PeruPE
- Theatrical23 Nov 1961
PortugalPT
- Theatrical (limited)M/12Cine-concert with Felicia Atkinson // Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival17 Jul 2025
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical192 Jun 1961
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Eyes Without a Face was released on 11 January 1960.
Audience reviews
2- J9/10
John Chard
3/12/2014
How odd I should have to comfort you. You still have some hope, at least. Les yeux sans visage (AKA: Eyes Without a Face) is directed by Georges Franju and collectively written by Franju, Jean Redon, Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac and Claude Sautet. It stars Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel and Francois Guerin. Music is by Maurice Jarre and cinematography by Eugen Schufftan. Dr. Genes…
- C8/10
CinemaSerf
5/30/2024
I don't think I've ever seen a film that marries the macabre and the gentle; the evil and the enlightened and the just plain horrifying in quite the way that Georges Franju does with this masterpiece. Pierre Brasseur as "Dr. Génessier" is simultaneously sinister, brutal, loving and tender as he uses every means at his disposal to try to correct an accident that has left his daughter "Christiane" (Edith Scob) disfigur…
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