Man with the Transplanted Brain

Man with the Transplanted Brain (, ) is a 1972 French-Italian-West German science fiction-drama film written and directed by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze. It is loosely based on a novel by Alain Franck and Victor Vicas.

Plot

The head of a neurosurgical clinic, Professor Jean Marcilly, famous brain specialist, condemned by an incurable heart disease, pushes Dr. Robert Degagnac to transplant his brain into the young 23-year-old Franz Eckerman, a former racer and race car tester, victim of a car crash.

Cast

• Mathieu Carrière as Franz Eckerman
• Nicoletta Machiavelli as Héléna
• Marianne Eggerickx as Marianne Marcilly
• Michel Duchaussoy as Dr. Robert Desagnac
• Jean-Pierre Aumont as Professor Jean Marcilly
• Martine Sarcey as Dr. Catherine Ponson
• Benoît Allemane as Costet
• Monique Mélinand as Elisabeth Marcilly
• Christian Duroc as Ferrière
• Pierre Santini as Dino
• Andrée Tainsy

References

Further reading

• Michel Grisolia, Cinéma 72 (166). May 1972. p. 152.
• Marcel Martin, Écran 72 (7). July 1972. p. 74.
• Dominique Maillet, La Revue du cinéma (263-264). September 1972. p. 130.

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