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Eyes Without a Face

The horror film with a heart of mystery.

7.6(837)19601h 24m5

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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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

Frequently asked questions

Eyes Without a Face was released on 11 January 1960.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    3/12/2014

    9/10

    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…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    5/30/2024

    8/10

    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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