The Head
5.3
“The Body is Gone... But The Head Lives On!”
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.
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Cast
12 people
Horst Frank
Dr. Brandt
Known for
The Cat o' Nine Tails
Django, Prepare a Coffin
Karin Kernke
Irene Sander
Also in
Der Andro-Jäger
The Terrible People
Michel Simon
Prof. Dr. Abel
Known for
L'Atalante
Port of Shadows
Helmut Schmid
Bert Jaeger
Also in
Ship of the Dead
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Paul Dahlke
Inspector Sturm
Also in
Three Men in the Snow
The Flying Classroom
Dieter Eppler
Paul Lerner
Known for
Deep End
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
Kurt Müller-Graf
Walter Burke
Also in
Regimentsmusik
Liebe im September
Christiane Maybach
Stella
Known for
World on a Wire
Fox and His Friends
Osman Ragheb
Franz
Known for
Holocaust
Maria Stadler
Ms. Schneider
Also in
Hunting Scenes from Bavaria
Bare Naked in Upper Bavaria
Barbara Valentin
Dancer
Known for
World on a Wire
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Johannes Buzalski
Beggar
Known for
Mark of the Devil
Victor Trivas Director · Willy Mattes Composer Jacques Lasry Composer
United States release October 11, 1961 · Produced in Germany · Languages German, Italian
Production
Rapid Film
Production
Germany
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Original title
Die Nackte und der Satan
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Italian
Release dates
Germany · July 24, 1959
Theatrical
United States · October 11, 1961
Theatrical
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