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, Karin Kernke, Michel Simon, Helmut Schmid, Paul Dahlke, Dieter Eppler, Kurt Müller-Graf, Christiane Maybach

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What is "The Head" about?

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.

When was "The Head" released?

The Head was released in 1959.

Who stars in "The Head"?

The cast includes Horst Frank, Karin Kernke, Michel Simon, Helmut Schmid.