The Severed Heads (1957)

21m
Running Time

March 31, 1957
Release Date

The Severed Heads (1957)

21m
Running Time

March 31, 1957
Release Date

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Plot.

A short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling human heads. Lost for nearly 50 years, the movie was found in 2006 by the son of Ruth Michelly and Saul Gilbert when he found it in his mom's attic in Munich.

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Cast & Crew.

Raymond Devos

Raymond Devos

Denise Brossot

Denise Brossot

Rolande Polya

Rolande Polya

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Director / Writer

Saul Gilbert

Saul Gilbert

Editor / Producer / Director

Jean-Marie Proslier

Jean-Marie Proslier

Margot Loyola

Margot Loyola

Michel Orphelin

Michel Orphelin

Jean Claude Sergent

Jean Claude Sergent

François Perrot

François Perrot

Théo Lesoualc'h

Théo Lesoualc'h

Micheline Beauchemin

Micheline Beauchemin

(uncredited)

Ruth Michelly

Ruth Michelly

(uncredited) / Costume Design / Director

Edgar Bischoff

Edgar Bischoff

Original Music Composer

Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann

Novel

Pierre Tassier

Pierre Tassier

María Irene Fornés

María Irene Fornés

Solange Morlaive

Solange Morlaive

D.R. Balmaceda

D.R. Balmaceda

Marthe Mercure

Marthe Mercure

Marcel Dortort

Marcel Dortort

Harriet Sohmers

Harriet Sohmers

Details.

Release Date
March 31, 1957

Original Name
La cravate

Status
Released

Running Time
21m

Genres

Wiki.

Les têtes interverties, also known as La cravate, The Transposed Heads and The Severed Heads, is a 1957 French short film written and directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Saul Gilbert, and Ruth Michelly. Shot between 1953 and 1957, the film is a mime adaptation of Thomas Mann's 1940 novella The Transposed Heads (Die vertauschten Köpfe). The film stars surreal humorist Raymond Devos as well as Jodorowsky himself.

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