The Severed Heads

The Severed Heads

21 mins | Fantasy | March 31, 1957

A short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling human heads. Lost for nearly 50 years, the movie was found in 2006 by the son of Ruth Michelly and Saul Gilbert when he found it in his mom's attic in Munich.

The Severed Heads

21 mins | Fantasy | March 31, 1957

The Severed Heads
A short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling human heads. Lost for nearly 50 years, the movie was found in 2006 by the son of Ruth Michelly and Saul Gilbert when he found it in his mom's attic in Munich.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers
Original title La cravate
Directors Ruth Michelly, Saul Gilbert, Alejandro Jodorowsky
Writers Alejandro Jodorowsky, Thomas Mann

Cast

Micheline Beauchemin

as (uncredited)

Ruth Michelly

as (uncredited)