The Severed Heads

The Severed Heads

1957•21m•6.1/10

FantasyComedy

Ratings

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6.1/10(55)

A short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling human heads.

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Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Raymond Devos

Raymond Devos

Denise Brossot

Rolande Polya

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Saul Gilbert

Jean-Marie Proslier

Jean-Marie Proslier

Margot Loyola

Michel Orphelin

Jean Claude Sergent

François Perrot

François Perrot

Théo Lesoualc'h

Harriet Sohmers

Marcel Dortort

Marthe Mercure

Marthe Mercure

D.R. Balmaceda

Pierre Tassier

Solange Morlaive

María Irene Fornés

María Irene Fornés

Micheline Beauchemin

(uncredited)

Ruth Michelly

(uncredited)

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