Man with the Transplanted Brain explained

Man with the Transplanted Brain
Editing:	Nicole Berckmans
Country:	France Italy West Germany
Language:	French

Man with the Transplanted Brain (French: L'Homme au cerveau greffé, Italian: L'uomo dal cervello trapiantato) 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.^[1]

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 Nicoletta Machiavelli Marianne Eggerickx
• Michel Duchaussoy
• Jean-Pierre Aumont
• Martine Sarcey
• Benoît Allemane
• Monique Mélinand
• Andrée Tainsy
• Christian Duroc
• Pierre Santini

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.

Notes and References

1. Book: Roberto Chiti . Roberto Poppi . Enrico Lancia . Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. 8876059350.