The Head

The Head

97 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | July 24, 1959

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.

The Head

97 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | July 24, 1959

The Head
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.
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers Rapid Film
Original title Die Nackte und der Satan
Directors Lothar Gündisch, Victor Trivas
Writers Victor Trivas

Cast

Horst Frank

as Dr. Brandt alias Dr. Ood

Michel Simon

as Prof. Dr. Abel

Karin Kernke

as Schwester Irene Sander

Helmut Schmid

as Bert Jaeger

Paul Dahlke

as Kommissar Sturm

Dieter Eppler

as Paul Lerner

Kurt Müller-Graf

as Dr. Walter Burke

Christiane Maybach

as Stella alias Lilly

Osman Ragheb

as Franz

Maria Stadler

as Frau Schneider

Barbara Valentin

as Tänzerin

Johannes Buzalski

as Bettler