The Borrowed Face

The Borrowed Face

85 mins | Comedy, Science Fiction | Dec. 24, 1965

It is the 1930s. Physician Bartos devotedly attends poor patients in the city suburbs, at the same time researching the possibilities of regeneration of human tissues after transplantation. His former colleague Rosen, now working as an assistant at the private clinic of surgeon Kirchenbruch, considers the research a mere utopia. The disappointed Bartos, trying to verify his theories, therefore accepts the outrageous proposal of Marion, owner of a brothel - to surgically replace the face of her lover, the wanted thief Cutter, with the face of murdered Father Hopsasa. Bartos is well paid but his successful operation remains a secret.

The Borrowed Face

85 mins | Comedy, Science Fiction | Dec. 24, 1965

The Borrowed Face
It is the 1930s. Physician Bartos devotedly attends poor patients in the city suburbs, at the same time researching the possibilities of regeneration of human tissues after transplantation. His former colleague Rosen, now working as an assistant at the private clinic of surgeon Kirchenbruch, considers the research a mere utopia. The disappointed Bartos, trying to verify his theories, therefore accepts the outrageous proposal of Marion, owner of a brothel - to surgically replace the face of her lover, the wanted thief Cutter, with the face of murdered Father Hopsasa. Bartos is well paid but his successful operation remains a secret.
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov
Original title Ztracená tvář
Directors Věra Manglová, František Matoušek, Jaroslav Toms, Pavel Hobl
Writers Pavel Kopta, Josef Nesvadba, Jan Procházka, Pavel Hobl

Cast

Vlastimil Brodský

as Dr. Bartoš

Fred Delmare

as Urban Kráječ

František Filipovský

as páter Hopsasa

Marie Vášová

as Marion

Martin Růžek

as profesor Kirchenbruch

Nina Popelíková

as Luisa Kirchenbruchová

Jana Brejchová

as Narcisa Kirchenbruchová

Jaroslav Marvan

as komisař

Jiří Vala

as Dr. Rosen

Zdenka Procházková

as Helena Rosenová

Zlatomír Vacek

as lupič Had

Karel Effa

as lupič Hmaták

Svatopluk Skládal

as ošetřovatel Straka

Raoul Schránil

as lékař Herr von

Antonín Jedlička

as detektiv z Liberce

Milan Kindl

as detektiv z Liberce

Jarmila Bechyňová

as hysterka

Václav Wasserman

as komorník Albert

Jiřina Bílá

as host

Anny Freyová

as host

Karel Hovorka

as host

Antonín Soukup

as host

Jiří Bukvaj

as host

Gabriela Bártlová-Buddeusová

as slečna z vykřičeného domu

Marie Buddeusová

as slečna z vykřičeného domu

Václav Kaňkovský

as četník z Hradce

Karel Karas

as lupič

Hynek Němec

as muž s deštníkem

Eva Olmerová

as zpěvačka

Eva Foustková

as svíčková bába

Dana Sikorová

as slečna z vykřičeného domu

Zuzana Schnöblingová

as slečna z vykřičeného domu

Jaroslav Toms

as kamelot

Jiří Holý

as Urban Kráječ (voice)