Man with the Transplanted Brain
Directed by	Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Written by	Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Starring	Mathieu Carrière Nicoletta Machiavelli
Cinematography	Étienne Becker
Edited by	Nicole Berckmans
Music by	Johannes Brahms
Release date	1972 (1972)
Countries	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

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.

External links

• Man with the Transplanted Brain at IMDb

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