Man with the Transplanted Brain (1972)

March. 29,1972

6.5

| Drama Horror Science Fiction

Professor Marcilly is a famed brain specialist who, following in-depth and extended research work, is now able to perform brain transplant surgery. One day, he finds himself in the presence of a young car accident victim for whom the only hope of survival would be a brain transplant. Marcilly, who has a heart condition and is terminally ill, decides to become the "donor". The operation is a success. But who is actually the patient discharged from the hospital: a young fellow with the brain of a young man or an old man in the body of a young one?

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Cast

Mathieu Carrière as Franz Eckerman

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Jean-Pierre Aumont as Le professeur Jean Marcilly

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Reviews

KnotMissPriceless

1972/03/29

Why so much hype?

VividSimon

1972/03/30

Simply Perfect

Console

1972/03/31

best movie i've ever seen.

Kien Navarro

1972/04/01

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.