The Head (1959)

5.1/10 91 min Science Fiction Horror

Overview

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.

Cast

Horst Frank

Dr. Brandt

Karin Kernke

Irene Sander

Michel Simon

Prof. Dr. Abel

Helmut Schmid

Bert Jaeger

Paul Dahlke

Inspector Sturm

Dieter Eppler

Paul Lerner

Kurt Müller-Graf

Walter Burke

Christiane Maybach

Stella

Barbara Valentin

Dancer

Johannes Buzalski

Beggar

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