Poster for the movie The Head

The Head

1959 • 91 minutes
Science FictionHorror

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.

Picture of Horst Frank

Horst Frank

Dr. Brandt

Picture of Karin Kernke

Karin Kernke

Irene Sander

Picture of Michel Simon

Michel Simon

Prof. Dr. Abel

Picture of Helmut Schmid

Helmut Schmid

Bert Jaeger

Picture of Paul Dahlke

Paul Dahlke

Inspector Sturm

Picture of Dieter Eppler

Dieter Eppler

Paul Lerner

Picture of Kurt Müller-Graf

Kurt Müller-Graf

Walter Burke

Picture of Christiane Maybach

Christiane Maybach

Stella

Picture of Osman Ragheb

Osman Ragheb

Franz

Picture of Maria Stadler

Maria Stadler

Ms. Schneider

Picture of Barbara Valentin

Barbara Valentin

Dancer

Picture of Johannes Buzalski

Johannes Buzalski

Beggar